Diao Chan

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Diao Chan is one of the four beauties in ancient China.

In the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diao Chan is the adopted daughter of situ Wang Yun's family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to save the Han Dynasty and overthrow the licentious rule of Dong Zhuo, a powerful official, Diao Chan is entrusted by Wang Yun to perform a series of lamentable stratagems (serial beauty stratagems). She successfully alienates Dong Zhuo and Lv Bu, and finally gets rid of the evil thief Dong Zhuo by Lv Bu's hand, ending the dark time of Dong Zhuo's dictatorship Period. Later Diao Chan became Lv Bu's concubine. After Dong Zhuo defeated Lv Bu, she followed Lv Bu to Xuzhou. After the battle of xiapi, Lv Bu was killed by Cao Cao. Diao Chan followed Lv Bu's family members to Xuchang and disappeared.

Character experience

Diao Chan is a singer of situ Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She has a beautiful country and a beautiful city. She saw that the Eastern Han Dynasty was manipulated by the treacherous minister Dong Zhuo. She burned incense under the moon and prayed to heaven, hoping to worry about her master. Wang Yun saw that Dong Zhuo would usurp the Eastern Han Dynasty and set up a series of plans. Wang Yun first secretly promised Diao Chan to Lv Bu, and then clearly offered Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo. Lu Bu is young and Dong Zhuo is cunning. In order to win over Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo took Lu Bu as his adopted son. Both are lusters. From then on, Diao Chan circulated between them, sending Lv Bu to Qiubo and reporting Dong Zhuo to her charm. The two people were so excited.

After Dong Zhuo took Diao Chan's residence as his concubine, Lv Bu was dissatisfied. One day, when Lv Bu went to court by Dong Zhuo, he went to Dong Zhuo's house to visit Diao Chan and invited Fengyi pavilion to meet him. Diao Chan saw Lv Bu and pretended to cry about being occupied by Dong Zhuo. Lv Bu was angry. At this time, Dong Zhuo ran into Lu Bu's house and grabbed Fang Tianhua's Halberd and stabbed Lu Bu. Lu Bu flew away. From then on, they were suspicious of each other. Wang Yun persuaded Lu Bu to eradicate Dong Zhuo.

After the baimenlou incident, there are several legends about the fate of Diao Chan. On the one hand, Cao Cao knew that Guan Yu had hidden Diao Chan in Jingci nunnery, so he secretly sent someone to arrest him. In order to eliminate Cao's ambition, Cao Cao killed Diao Chan with a sword. On the other hand, Cao Cao adopted Xun you's plan to alienate the three brothers in Taoyuan, and he killed Diao Chan with Liu Bei. On the other hand, when Cao Cao killed Lv Bu in baimenlou, he left Diao Chan alive, first an He stroked his subordinates and gave Diao Chan to Qin Yilu as a gift. Later, he cherished Diao Chan's beauty, which caused a series of contradictions. According to the biography of Guan Yunchang in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Gong and Liu Bei surrounded Bu and xiapi, and Yun Changqi Gong: Bu envoy Qin Yilu begged for help and married his wife. It's a promise. When it was broken, it was often revealed to the public. The public doubted that it had a different color, so he welcomed it first, because he kept it. Yun Chang's heart is uneasy... " As a result, in order to eliminate the hidden danger, Guan Yunchang, who is upright and resolute, killed Diao Chan. The Yuan drama "Guan Gong chopped Diao Chan under the moon" is based on this interpretation. According to Zhou Shiqi, a scholar, the astrology book "Kaiyuan ZHANJING" in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty used to quote "Diao Chan" in historical books. "Kaiyuan ZHANJING" Volume 33: "Yinghuo criminal must be female. According to Zhan's note, "before Cao Cao achieved his ambition, he first lured Dong Zhuo, and then went to Diao Chan to confuse his emperor." It's a pity that the book "general annals of Han Dynasty" no longer exists.

Personality characteristics

Diao Chan got rid of Dong Zhuo with her beauty and intelligence. For the benefit of the country, she would rather give her youth and happiness, showing noble sentiment.

Dong Zhuo's autocratic power led to the destruction of the country, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had no choice but to cry. Situ Wang Yun was very worried and worried. He secretly came to the back garden late at night and wept. Wang Yun's geisha Diao Chan discovered this. When she learned that "the common people are in danger of collapse" and "the monarch and his officials are in a hurry to be exhausted", she stood up and acted as the protagonist of Wang Yun's "serial plan", saving the country's destiny with a weak red skirt.

Diao Chan can make Lu Bu kill Dong Zhuo, although it is to use her peerless beauty, but more importantly, it is her bravery and wit. Wang Yunli first married Diao Chan Xu to Lv Bu, and then presented her to Dong Zhuo. Work description: Dong Zhuo was cicada that night, that is, "new people sleep together.". Lu Bu was so angry that he sneaked into Dong Zhuo's room to spy. Diao Chan is combing her hair under the window. Seeing a figure in the pool outside the window, she knows it's Lu Bu, so she frowns and wipes her tears with Xiangluo to show that she is forced to leave Zhuo. Lu Bu couldn't help but come to the middle hall and wait on Zhuo's side to steal his eyes. Diao Chan then peeped out in the curtain. Seeing this scene, Dong Zhuo was suspicious and ordered Lv Bu to step down. Bu Yang came out quickly. So far, Diao Chan has successfully taken the first step.

Since Dong Zhuo got Diao Chan, he was obsessed with sex, ignored state affairs, and loved Diao Chan very much. Diao Chan hated Dong Zhuo, but on the surface, he flattered him. He hated Lu Bu, but pretended to be affectionate. She manipulated her feelings rationally, calmly and freely, which fully showed her wit.

Source of characters

From the source of the romance of the Three Kingdoms, such as the history of the Three Kingdoms and the history of the later Han Dynasty, Diao Chan does not exist. Moreover, according to the records of these two official histories, one of the reasons why Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo was that he had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maid, and he was always worried. It is the real history of Lu Bu CI Dong zhuozhong has such a female motive that makes later generations of writers and storytellers have the basis to carry out literary creation one after another.

The rudiment of the earliest extant romance of the Three Kingdoms is the Pinghua of the annals of the Three Kingdoms, which was written in the Yuan Dynasty. It is in this book that Diao Chan first appeared and became the key female in the triangular relationship between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. However, Diao Chan was Lu Bu's daughter-in-law from the very beginning. According to this version of Diao Chan's story, Diao Chan and Lv Bu were separated because of the war. Later, Diao Chan entered the palace of the Han Dynasty and was discovered by the Prime Minister Wang Yun. Therefore, Wang Yun decided to make a series of plans to let Dong Zhuo marry Diao Chan and infuriate LV Bu, which eventually triggered Lv Bu's assassination of Dong Zhuo. Moreover, this original version of Diao Chan has his own surname for the first time. According to Pinghua in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Diao Chan's surname is Ren and his first name is Diao Chan.

With the basic plot provided by "Pinghua in the annals of the Three Kingdoms", the original version of Diao Chan gradually evolved into various enhanced versions in various Zaju of the Yuan Dynasty. The writers of the Zaju of the Yuan Dynasty added details one after another. Diao Chan's life experience, background, character and so on were further refined and enriched. For example, Diao Chan's original name Ren Hongchang was mentioned in the Zaju of the Yuan Dynasty, because he entered the court of the Han Dynasty She is in charge of Diao Chan's crown, so she has the name of Diao Chan. In the Yuan drama "Lianhuan Ji", it is added that Diao Chan's father is Ren ang, and she also arranged a hometown for Diao Chan, saying that Diao Chan lives in Muer village, Xinzhou.

However, the original version of Diao Chan in this period has obvious defects, because she is only a tool in Wang Yun's serial plot from beginning to end, and her role in the serial plot is only because she is Lv Bu's original wife, and Lv Bu's motive to kill Dong Zhuo is to defend the ethical relationship between husband and wife. That is to say, this original version of Diao Chan has a thin image and has no character of its own. Moreover, the original version of Diao Chan also has an ethical defect, that is, Diao Chan knew that she was Lu Bu's wife at this time, and then willingly sold her hue to seduce Dong Zhuo in order to reunite with her husband and wife. From the perspective of ancient couple's human relations, there was a logical defect, which led to Diao Chan's failure in all kinds of Yuan Dramas in this period Positive role. And because of Diao Chan's situation, Wang Yun was also implicated. In Diao Chan's stories of this era, Wang Yun basically promoted Diao Chan's provocation against Lv Bu and Dong Zhuo through such threatening tactics as "if you don't listen to Wang Yun's serial plan, you don't want to reunite with Lv Bu's husband and wife". Therefore, Wang Yun's image was damaged because of this kind of threatening villain activities.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong, on the basis of previous Diao Chan, introduced a century old classic Diao Chan through "three deletions and two additions". In terms of deletion, first of all, Luo Guanzhong deleted the relationship between Diao Chan and Lv Bu in the original version, which enhanced the drama of love; then, Luo Guanzhong deleted Diao Chan's name and identity background in the original version, which greatly strengthened Diao Chan's sense of mystery as a strange woman in the Three Kingdoms era; finally, Luo Guanzhong deleted all kinds of love stories in the Yuan Dynasty when Lv Bu was destroyed The story of procrastination no longer accounts for its final fate, which greatly improves Diao Chan's image as a disaster. In terms of increase, first of all, Luo Guanzhong greatly enhanced Diao Chan's charm value, which greatly increased the story of beauty loving heroes; second, Luo Guanzhong greatly enhanced Diao Chan's initiative, which made Diao Chan devote herself to the anti traitor action of the Eastern Han Dynasty court out of family and national righteousness. A beautiful, intelligent, profound and resolute Diao Chan, which is now familiar to readers, was born.

Character evaluation

Luo Guanzhong, the author of the romance of the Three Kingdoms, has a praise saying: "originally from Zhaoyang palace, Jinghong turned his hand and body, only doubting flying over Dongting spring. According to the steady lotus steps in Liangzhou, a good flower wind curls a new branch, and the fragrance of the painting hall is too warm for spring. " Another poem said: "red teeth beat Yan Fei, and a cloud came to the painting hall. Mei Dai makes the wanderer hate, and his face breaks his old heart. If you don't buy a thousand bucks, why do you need a hundred jewels. I don't know who the king of Chu Xiang is

In the romance of the later Han Dynasty, Cai Dongfan said, "situ Wang Yun's plan failed. He sent a brave Diao Chan to fight with his voice and color. Instead, he could kill the culprit. The pink hero is really terrible." He also said: "if Yong Chen knows that it's a plan, then the way is keeping its integrity. If it's a plan for a country, then the way is changing. The loyal officials and righteous men in the world, the brave men can't get rid of one Dong Zhuo, but Diao Chan can only get rid of it. How can we still have a dogmatic view and despise that Shu, Diao Chan,

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