jiuwan wrote:
1)Zhou Yu's plans to <i>help</i> Liu Bei attack YiaZhou. I already know how Zhou Yu's plans were portrayed in SGYY, but I'm not sure of the facts on SGZ and any other historical sources. Reading through the some of the SGZ bio's I only have the limited translations that were found on the KMA site. From the debate with Mengdez New Book, I have discovered there is more to this from what I know. So I would like to know more on this particular subject according to history.
Okay, I can only presume you are talking about Yi Province..so. Zhou Yu proposed a plan to Sun Quan to invade Yi Province together with Sun Yu, Sun Quan's cousin. I don't remember him discussing with with Liu Bei. Zhou Yu died and the plan was aborted.
jiuwan wrote: 2)The marriage in regards to Sun Shang Xiang. In SGYY she married with Liu Bei in Wu territories, according to Zhou Yu's "fair maiden ruse". But it was said that Sun Quan sent her to Liu Beit to be married. So I would like to know historicially how this marriage turned out.
This marriage was probably concluded when Liu Bei went to see Sun Quan about borrowing Nan Commandery. Zhou Yu was dead by then so I guess that answers the other part of it.
jiuwan wrote:3)Guan Yu's supposed taking someone's wife while in the services of Cao Cao.
Didn't het get a concubine? Can't remember.
jiuwan wrote:4)Zhou Cang was said to be not in history. So was he someone that LGZ made up or was it in fact some unknown character that was given a name by LGZ or altered.
All I know that he has no individual biography in Sanguo Zhi. You can read Guan Yu's too see if he is in there. Doubt it though.
jiuwan wrote:5)The NanMan campaigns by Zhuge Liang. Was it only something that occurred in SGYY, I have not read much about it on the KMA's SGZ bios.
Of course it really happened. Zhuge Liang enslaved the south because he needed manpower and the natural resources from that region. It was common back then to take control over natives like that.
jiuwan wrote:6)Sima Yi's speech to his sons on his deathbed. According to SGYY his speech went something like this "I have served the Wei house loyally, and I expect you [his sons] to do the same. But as the story unfolds, the ruling house of Wei was overthrowed by Jin. So was Sima Yi's speech only something that was made up to make him more honorable in his death? Because he did set up his family to become the rulers. (Jin replacing Wei, but the actual overthrow was done by his sons, and his grandson Sima Yan became the first emperor)
I haven't read Jinshu so I couldn't say for sure. But it sounds like it was made up to make Sima Yi a visionary of some sort.
jiuwan wrote:7)Zhuge Liang's summoning of the winds at Chi Bi. It is easy to see that LGZ overexaggerated when he said Zhuge actually summoned the winds. But in the novel LGZ also stated that Zhuge calculated the approximate time that the winds will blow, so that would contradict LGZ stated with the actual summoning of the winds. Now historically where did Zhou Yu find the actual information for the day that the winds would blow? He himself did know. And I highly doubt that he asked a fisherman or one of the locals nearby. Because wasn't it said that there hasn't been a southwest wind blowing in that area in winter (I think it's winter during the battle of Chi Bi) for a long time. So would the assumption that Zhuge Liang actually did the calculations historically be more correct?
The Zhuge Liang Borrowing the winds story is completely fake. Zhuge Liang didn't do any calculations at all. There is no mention of wind problems in SGZ Wu, and I don't remember seeing much about it in the book of Shu. Sure the area was famous for it's sudden climatic changes, but that doesn't explain much.
All the stories around Chibi are most Yuan era dramas. (I will post a collection of those on KMA soon)
jiuwan wrote:8)The Yellow Turban Rebellion. LGZ overexaggerated on the rebellion, but what about the historical aspect to it? Because there was an actual rebellion that took place that paved the way for the Three Kingdoms event to take place.
See my essay.
http://www.millennial-fair.com/literature/han1.html
jiuwan wrote:9)The love triangle between Cao Pi(ZiHuan), Zhen Ji, and Cao Zhi (ZiJian). The actual tale of the three wasn't directly stated in SGYY, but was stated in the movie series derived from SGYY.
As far as I know, Cao Zhi was in love with Zhen Ji, but she was given to Cao Pi because he was the eldest.
jiuwan wrote:10)Cao Cao setting out to massacre XuZhou in retalion on Tao Qian for the murder of his father Cao Song (I think that was his name)
What is the question? Did it happen? Yes. For Tao Qian? Probably not.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
-孔夫子