What title was given to Sima Yi after his death in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? What is the image of Xiahou Dun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a long historical novel written in chapter form by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, based on Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi's annotations, and folk stories and legends of the Three Kingdoms. It is one of the four great Chinese classical novels along with Journey to the West, Water Margin, and Dream of the Red Chamber. So, why was Sima Yi given the title of Duke of Chu after his death in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? What is the image of Xiahou Dun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Let's take a look at the introduction of Encyclopedia Knowledge Network to answer these questions!

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1. Why was Sima Yi given a title after his death in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

2. What is the image of Xiahou Dun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

3. How did Taishi Ci die in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Why was Sima Yi given a title after his death in Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

His posthumous title was Xuanwen; after his second son Sima Zhao was named King of Jin, he posthumously honored Sima Yi as King Xuan; after Sima Yan became emperor, he posthumously honored Sima Yi as Emperor Xuan and gave him the temple name Gaozu.

Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, was a native of Xiaojingli, Wen County, Henei Prefecture. He was an outstanding politician, military strategist, and strategist of the Wei Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period, and the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty. He served as the Grand Commander, General, Grand Commandant, and Grand Tutor of Cao Wei. He was an important minister who assisted the three generations of the Wei Kingdom in the government, and later became a powerful minister who controlled the government of the Wei Kingdom. He was good at making strange plans and made meritorious contributions in many expeditions. Among them, the most notable achievement was that he led the army to successfully resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition twice and to pacify Liaodong on an expedition. He made important contributions to the development of agricultural economy such as military farming and water conservancy. He died at the age of 73, resigned from the title of Duke of the County and special rites, and was buried in Shouyang Mountain.

What is the image of Xiahou Dun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Xiahou Dun in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was studious and devoted to his teacher. Although he was in the army, he would personally welcome his teacher to give lectures. However, he was a strong-willed person. When someone insulted his teacher at the age of 14, he killed that person.

Xiahou Dun was a man who attached great importance to appearance. Whenever he looked in the mirror and saw that he was blind, he would be very angry and push the mirror to the ground. He also didn't like being called Blind Xiahou.

Although he held a high position and great power, he was frugal by nature and lived a simple life. If he had any extra wealth, he would share it with his subordinates.

Xiahou Dun was loyal to Cao Cao. At that time, all the generals accepted official titles of Wei, but Xiahou Dun was the only one who still held the Han official title of former general. He wrote to Cao Cao hoping that Cao Cao would confer him the title of Wei to show that he was loyal to Wei. However, Cao Cao thought that Xiahou Dun and he were both Han officials and they were friendly ministers, so how could Xiahou Dun accept the title of Wei? So Xiahou Dun accepted the appointment, which shows that he was deeply valued and trusted by Cao Cao, which was unmatched at the time. After Xiahou Dun's death, he was even posthumously named "Zhong Hou".

How did Taishi Ci die in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Taishi Ci died in battle. See Chapter 53: Guan Yu releases Huang Hansheng, Sun Zhongmou fights Zhang Wenyuan. Taishi Ci was ambushed and killed in the battle with Zhang Liao in Hefei.

Character profile: Taishi Ci, courtesy name Ziyi, was a native of Huangxian County, Donglai. He was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and served as the commander of Jianchang. He was skilled in archery and horsemanship. He was originally a subordinate of Liu Yao, but was later captured by Sun Ce. Since then, Taishi Ci has become a general of the Sun family and helped him sweep across Jiangdong. After Sun Quan took over the country, he entrusted him with the important task of managing the south because he could control Liu Pan. Taishi Ci died in the 11th year of Jian'an at the age of 41.