Sun Quan’s sister has no name in history. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, she is called Sun Shangxiang. This article is temporarily called Sun Shangxiang. After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan blocked Cao Cao for him and concluded with Liu Bei after the Battle of Chibi. In political marriage, Sun Quan married his younger sister, Sun Shangxiang, to Liu Bei. You must know that Sun Shangxiang was under 20 years old at the time, while Liu Bei was nearly 50 years old.
From the perspective of age, Liu Bei can be Sun Shangxiang’s father. Liu Bei is indeed a generation from Sun Shangxiang’s father, Sun Jian. However, under the environment where polygamy was allowed at the time, age difference was never a problem. .
At that time Liu Bei did not have a regular wife, and maybe there are other concubines. At the same time, Liu Bei's favorite concubine, Mrs. Gan, also died of illness not long ago. This Mrs. Gan was also the biological mother of Liu Chan. The status of Sun Quan, marrying his sister to Liu Bei, should be given to the status of the first wife. At that time, the status of the first wife and the concubine were very different. , This is the difference.
The reason Sun Quan married Liu Bei was a political marriage. The political marriage was very normal at that time. Sun Quan not only had a political marriage with Liu Bei, but he also had a political marriage with Cao Cao. For example, Sun Quan’s younger brother Sun Kuang married Cao Cao’s niece. Moreover, the daughter of Sun Quan’s cousin Sun Ben married Cao Cao’s son Cao Zhang. Although the two were enemies, it did not affect their political marriage.
What needs to be explained is: political marriage is for the purpose of political interests, and has nothing to do with personal emotions. Personal interests and emotions seem insignificant in the face of political marriages. Sun Quan would rather marry his sister The fundamental reason for Liu Bei was to win over Liu Bei. At that time, Sun Quan also did one thing, which was to lend Nanjun to Liu Bei. One was to marry a younger sister, and the other was to borrow Nanjun. Sun Quan’s political purpose was to let Liu Bei replace him to resist Cao Cao in Jingzhou. The forces went south, putting political and military pressure on Liu Bei.
However, just over a year later, less than two years later, when Liu Bei led his army into Yizhou, Sun Shangxiang was picked up by someone sent by Soochow, and Liu Chan was also taken with him. , But Liu Chan was intercepted by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei on the Yangtze River and brought back. As for Sun Shangxiang, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei did not embarrass her, but let her return to Soochow. Then the question is, why did Sun Shangxiang want to go back to Soochow. Did Sun Quan lie to her to go back? In addition, why did you take Liu Chan back to Soochow?
Let me talk about the relationship between Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei. Although they are an old man and a young wife, they have a very bad relationship after they get married, because Liu Bei, who is the first hero, is actually very afraid of Sun Shangxiang. Although Sun Shangxiang is a man A woman, but with the style of her brother Sun Ce and her father Sun Jian. Not only is her sturdy style, but also strong and brave.
Think about it, when Liu Bei enters the bedroom of the two of them, looking at a row of female swordsmen holding big swords on each side, and expressionless female swordsmen, what it feels like? He was trembling, for fear that he would offend Sun Shangxiang if he didn't do a good job, and then he would be struck by a knife. Would such a life make Liu Bei feel at ease?
Besides, Liu Bei was nearly 50 years old at the time. Although he was a hero, he still couldn’t take any interest in seeing this posture. In today’s words, a man, no one wants to marry a woman. Every man wants to marry a gentle and considerate little woman. Sun Shangxiang is obviously not such a person. This also keeps Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang away.
Also, Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang got along for two years, and even no offspring was born. I personally think that this is what Liu Bei did deliberately. Liu Bei, the hero of the first generation, knows what Sun Quan means by marrying himself. It was political mutual use. Sun Quan married his little sister to Liu Bei, and another inconvenient purpose was: 控制刘备.
not only to control Liu Bei, if the two have a son, Sun Quan can also use this son to control the regime established by Liu Bei after Liu Bei's death to achieve the purpose of controlling or eliminating the regime established by Liu Bei , For example: If Liu Bei’s wife has always been Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan can use his sister as LiuIt is also convenient to control Liu Bei to put pressure on him. If Liu Bei dies, Sun Quan can also send soldiers to support the son of Sun Shangxiang as the heir to Liu Bei's regime. In this case, Sun Quan will not control Liu Bei.
Liu Bei is also clever, he clearly sees Sun Quan’s purpose, so even though Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, they rarely have sex with each other. Liu Bei was fertile at the time. After Liu Chan, Liu Bei had two more The son, that was born after Liu Bei entered Sichuan. It can be seen that Liu Bei had no problem with fertility, while Sun Shangxiang was under 20 years old and generally had no fertility problems. The only problem was that Liu Bei "deliberately" did not want Sun Shangxiang to become pregnant, so the two of them There are no children.
At the same time, this is why Sun Shangxiang wants to go back to Soochow. Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei lie on the same bed every day. Does she know about Liu Bei's changes? After the husband and wife, Liu Bei deliberately did not touch her. Sun Shangxiang knew absolutely. Therefore, the purpose of Sun Quan’s plan was completely defeated. Now Liu Bei has entered Yizhou again, and Sun Shangxiang’s stay in Jingzhou Liu Bei’s site has lost its effect. It’s better to return. Soochow.
Therefore, Sun Quan sent someone to take Sun Shangxiang back to Soochow. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms said that Sun Shangxiang was deceived back by Sun Quan. This should not be possible in official history. Sun Shangxiang and Liu Beiyi have no feelings and two have no children. Three can no longer make any political ambitions, Sun Shangxiang wants to go back, so does Sun Quan need to cheat? Moreover, the information on Liu Bei's side may have been provided by Sun Shangxiang to Sun Quan. Otherwise, why would Sun Quan send someone to take Sun Shangxiang back to Soochow?
As for why Liu Chan is taken away? The reason is also very simple. Liu Chan was Liu Bei’s only biological son at the time, and he was only 2 years old. From the situation at the time, Liu Chan was the only heir after Liu Bei. If Sun Shangxiang can take Liu Chan and let Sun Quan control Liu Chan, then Liu Bei will suffer. Sun Quan controls. After all, the hostages are in Sun Quan's hands. Once Sun Quan controls Liu Chan, Liu Bei will be intimidated. This is why Sun Quan asked Sun Shangxiang to take Liu Bei away.
In addition, it should be Sun Quan’s order for Sun Shangxiang to take Liu Chan, not her own intention. After all, he and Liu Bei were married. Even if a woman is willing to help her brother Sun Quan, there is no need to harm Liu Bei’s son unless Sun Shangxiang Focus on political interests and sacrifice personal emotions. At the same time, since Sun Shangxiang has returned to Soochow, he will never be able to return to Liu Bei again, because he has no feelings, a cold relationship with Liu Bei, no political interests, and no interest in going back, so there is no need to go back. May go back, both Sun Quan and Liu Bei knew it well.
