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"how to use one sentence to prove that you have read the four great classics?" many netizens mentioned four words: me too.

in the 1994 tv series romance of the three kingdoms, when liu bei, guan yu and zhang fei swore brotherhood in taoyuan, guan yu made an impassioned oath, and zhang fei excitedly kept repeating "me too". these four short words fully demonstrated zhang fei's character traits.

thirty years later, "me too" has become a catchphrase on the internet. netizens who grew up watching "romance of the three kingdoms" have given this phrase new meaning and purpose. looking back at these famous scenes from the three kingdoms, did zhang fei really say "me too" in history? from the original novel to the film and television series, how true and how fictitious is "romance of the three kingdoms"? many three kingdoms enthusiasts have been guests on the paper. let's listen to their interpretations.

@alieznuclear explosion: did zhang fei really say these four words: "me too"?

three kingdoms enthusiast and writer zhang jiawei: zhang fei's "i am the same" is not in the original text of "romance of the three kingdoms". however, this passage is one of the most advanced adaptations in the 1994 cctv version of "romance of the three kingdoms".

there is no record of the peach garden oath of brotherhood in official history. it only says that when liu bei gathered followers in his hometown, guan yu and zhang fei worked for liu bei together. but the relationship between the three of them was indeed good, as the saying goes, "they slept in the same bed and were as kind as brothers." zhang fei also really treated guan yu as his brother, as the saying goes, "yu was a few years older than fei, so fei treated him as an elder brother." many people know about this relationship. after guan yu's death, liu ye of cao wei judged that liu bei would avenge him because "guan yu and bei were righteous as monarch and minister, and as kind as father and son" - it was really a father-son and brotherly relationship, and the facts were indeed as liu ye expected.

in the romance of the three kingdoms, the peach garden oath of brotherhood is relatively simple: liu bei sighs, and is yelled at by zhang fei; liu bei reveals his identity and expresses his ambition to pacify the people; zhang fei says he wants to recruit local warriors to join liu bei in a great cause. then the two of them meet guan yu, who calls them over. zhang fei invites them to peach garden, and says, "the three of us will become brothers, work together, and then we can achieve great things." then they become sworn brothers. it's refreshing, but simple.

in the drama version of "romance of the three kingdoms", liu bei first made an impassioned speech, expressed his ambitions, and established liu bei's image. now it's guan and zhang's turn——

guan: guan's life's wish is enough! i will obey your orders and have no second thoughts!

zhang: me too!

guan: i swear to share weal and woe with brother, to accompany you for life, and to follow you through life and death!

zhang: me too!!

guan: if you violate these words, you will be killed by both god and man!

zhang: me too!!!

guan yu was a man of both civil and military talents, and was well versed in "zuo zhuan", so he could speak eloquently, generously and heroically; zhang fei was rough and could not speak in a flowery way, but was passionate and sincere, and he said "the same thing" three times!

in just a few sentences, liu bei's ambition, guan yu's bravery and zhang fei's heroism are vividly portrayed; they are much more prominent than in the original text of "romance of the three kingdoms".

@如来弹指139: how true is the historical background of romance of the three kingdoms?

nanmen taishou, a scholar of literature and history and writer: there is a saying that goes "30% fiction, 70% truth", which refers to the romance of the three kingdoms. it means that most of the content of the romance of the three kingdoms is based on history, and only a small part is fictional. if we look at the amount of text, this saying may have some basis, but it depends on the specific content.

the core content of romance of the three kingdoms is actually very easy to summarize. it starts with the three brothers of peach garden and the three heroes fighting against lu bu, followed by the three relinquishes of xuzhou, followed by the five passes and the killing of six generals, followed by the three visits to the thatched cottage, the battle of red cliffs, the three angering of zhou yu, then liu bei entered xichuan, zhuge liang captured meng huo seven times, and then the five expeditions to the central plains. after zhuge liang's death, the whole book basically came to an end.

judging from the core content above, quite a lot of it is fictional. the three brothers of peach garden, the three heroes fighting lu bu, passing five passes and killing six generals, and the three times of angry zhou yu are completely fictional. most of the content of the three times of giving up xuzhou is also fictional. although there is a record of the seven captures of meng huo in history books, there is only a small amount of content. the records of the three kingdoms does not even mention it, but it is a chapter with rich ink in the romance of the three kingdoms. in the part about zhuge liang's northern expedition, the loss of jieting, the empty city plan, and the beheading of ma su account for a large proportion of the content, and there are quite a lot of details in it that are not in history books.

if you take away the fictional content, the rest will be very boring. perhaps from the perspective of the text, romance of the three kingdoms is 30% fiction and 70% truth, but from the author's writing intention, the "30% fiction" part is what he focused on most. there are many descriptions of such contents as borrowing the east wind, borrowing arrows from straw boats, zhou yu fighting huang gai, jiang gan stealing books, the chain of tricks, and releasing cao cao at huarong pass. if these are taken away, there will be basically nothing about the battle of red cliffs.

my point of view is: from the perspective of content, "romance of the three kingdoms" is actually 70% fictional and 30% real. it only refers to some clues of historical development and main characters, and focuses on describing those fictional parts.