Because the "spirit of loyalty and righteousness" is the most prominent and vivid in Guan Yu, his story is also the most wonderful and dramatic. For example, Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao in history, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms added a "Huarong Road". With so many "stains", Guan has become a god.
1, Guan Yu is not as good as many people, but it is because of his shortcomings that he became a "god".
The Three Kingdoms had a far-reaching influence in China and even the whole of Asia. As a result, "Cao Cao changed his face, Zhuge ascended the altar, Sun Quan dismissed the class, and Guan Yu became a god".
Some people want to ask: Why can a person become a flawed or even "stained" God?
Because the "loyalty spirit" represented by Guan Yu has problems and insurmountable internal contradictions. For example, if Song Jiang wanted to surrender, would Li Kui jy follow? It is unfair to follow and surrender; It is also unfair not to follow and betray your brother. So, Sung River won't surrender, okay? No way! Against the court, it is disloyal; It is unfair not to find a way out for our brother. As a result, the more you want to be loyal, the less loyal and unfair you are. What do you think loyalty is? I tell you, it's very troublesome!
"Loyalty and righteousness" cannot be abandoned. What should we do? We have to beat around the bush, explain, and find ways to explain. For example, Guan Yu "surrendered to the Han Dynasty but not to Cao Cao", Zhuge Liang decided that "thieves do not die together" and deliberately gave Guan Yu a "sense of accommodation". In this way, the internal contradiction of loyalty and righteousness can be solved, and you can continue to fool yourself. Guan Yu is a god! God can be "flexible" or "defiled". Why can't we ordinary people?
2. Guan Yu most vividly represents "loyalty"
The distortion of the Three Kingdoms comes from "two forces, three dreams". These "two forces" are scholars and ordinary people. "Three Dreams" are the dreams of saints, honest officials and chivalrous men. "Rulers need loyal ministers, ordinary people need honest officials, and scholars need role models", which are also "Theory of Three Represents's three dreams". However, it is mainly literati who worship Zhuge Liang; The common people worship Guan Yu more.
China folk have always worshipped Guan Yu, and overseas Chinese also worship Guan Yu. The so-called "Guan Yu spirit" is "loyalty"! Saints, honest officials and chivalrous people have the same characteristics as loyalty. The monarch is benevolent, the minister is loyal, and the chivalrous is righteous. So folk beliefs talk about this, and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also talks about this. Romance of the Three Kingdoms tends to "respect Liu and belittle Cao", and its soul is to "promote loyalty and righteousness". Therefore, it was not Dong Zhuo who entered Beijing for the first time, but Taoyuan became sworn, and the theme was clear.
3. China people are too loyal.
This is related to the nature of China society. The history of agricultural society is too long to produce the spirit of contract. Without the spirit of contract, there would be no tradition of rule of law. In this way, the problems that should have been solved by contract and rule of law can only be solved by morality, that is, honesty. This is "loyalty". If you don't talk about honesty, you can only be punished by morality. This is "righteousness". Together, it is "loyalty." Loyalty is universal. It can be used to adjust political relations, such as "the meaning of monarch and minister"; Non-political relations can also be regulated, such as "brotherhood". Therefore, it has been recognized by the government and the people.
Because the result of "replacing the contract with honesty and the rule of law with morality" is that "the legal system is not perfect and the rights cannot be guaranteed" Society only asks for loyalty and filial piety and does not provide protection. If something goes wrong, it can only be solved by the people in other ways, which requires chivalry. You see, tyrants can't be overthrown, corrupt officials can't be overthrown, and villains are rampant in the village. What can we do? I can only hope that some heroes in the Jianghu will do something chivalrous, shout when the road is rough, or fly over the cliff and go to the county government in the middle of the night to get the dog officer's head.