He was formally apotheosized and given the godly name Yiyong Hwu'an Yingzhi, meaning "Emperor of Saintly Honor," by the decree of Emperor Wenzong in 1332 CE, although the historical personage on whom this character is based was worshipped in the province of Shanxi during the Tang dynasty, and possibly earlier.
He was formally apotheosized and given the godly name Yiyong Hwu'an Yingzhi, meaning "Emperor of Saintly Honor," by the decree of Emperor Wenzong in 1332 CE, although the historical personage on whom this character is based was worshipped in the province of Shanxi during the Tang dynasty, and possibly earlier. This character's philippics towards Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, his lowborn aides-de-camp, and his defection to the Wei at the siege of Xia'pi are now thought to have been interpolated by later redactor, because these episodes are both historically false and inconsistent with the style of Lo Kwan-chung. Nobler moments of this character include his eventual martyrdom upon refusing to swear allegiance to Tsao Ts'ao, and the famous "Peach Garden Oath" scene in which he swears eternal brotherhood with Zhang Fe and the disinherited Han dynasty prince, Liu Bei. FTP, identify this general of the Shu faction, hero of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
He was formally apotheosized and given the godly name Yiyong Hwu'an Yingzhi, meaning "Emperor of Saintly Honor," by the decree of Emperor Wenzong in 1332 CE, although the historical personage on whom this character is based was worshipped in the province of Shanxi during the Tang dynasty, and possibly earlier.
{Kwan Yu} or {Guan-yu}