There are many heroes in the Three Kingdoms. Throughout the history of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chen Gong did not appear many times. To distinguish his talent, he is not a man who can fight. As a counselor, his skill is certainly not as good as Zhuge's; Even the character is not a typical figure in the Three Kingdoms. However, the character analyst will want to write about him because he finally assisted Lu Bu. ...
The first time I met Chen Gong, it was because he caught Cao Cao and released him. Seeing this, I think Chen Gong is a loyal person. He also has great respect for this loyal man. He takes the world as his responsibility and is ambitious. When he saw that Cao Cao was a man who was loyal to the world, he resolutely gave up his official position and fled from Cao Cao. He doesn't care about fame and fortune. He cares about the country and the world. Generally speaking, few people are so bold.
But what happened not far from the escape, it is difficult to judge what Chen Gong really thinks. Cao Cao killed the Lv Boshe family by mistake and said, "I'd rather teach me to fail the world than the world to fail me." Chen Gong realized that Cao Cao was also a cruel and heartless person. If he stays with Cao Cao, there will be future trouble. If he wants to kill Cao Cao and feels unfair, he must abandon Cao Cao and join Dong Jun. Speaking of it, Chen Gong tried to be a loyal minister, with a Confucian tradition, and others were unjust, but he should be a loyal minister. He didn't kill Cao Cao here, nor did he betray Cao. I can also guess that Chen Gong thinks Cao Cao is a knowledgeable person. In fact, they appreciate each other, and they are disappointed to kill Chen Gong. And he should also know in his heart that leaving Cao Cao at this time is definitely a great threat to his future. Even when he abandoned Cao Cao, he could not fully understand the future development of the national situation, but he still knew that Cao Cao was a man who could achieve great things. If he is captured by Cao Cao in the future, he will have no way out, which is a seed of Chen Gong's demise.
After abandoning Cao Cao, Chen Gong went to stay with Chen and was introduced by Juck Zhang. It happened that Lu Bu came to vote for Zhang Miao, and the palace persuaded Lu Bu to attack Zhou. At this time, the identity of Chen Gong's counselor appeared for the first time in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the goal of instigating it was the land of Jun. In fact, Chen Gong, who just arrived in Chen, was not very clear whether Zhang Miao was the Lord of democracy in the world, but directly suggested that Zhang Miao attack Zhou, with the intention of really helping Zhang Miao to seek the world. Or is it actually because I know that Cao Cao wanted to kill Xuzhou people, and Chen Gong couldn't bear it, so I came up with this strategy. On the one hand, Cao Cao can quit Xuzhou, and on the other hand, he can gain the trust of his new owner?
Since then, Chen Gong has been assisting Lu Bu. In many people's eyes, Lu Bu is a brave man, but he is a typical foolhardy man. So in the next few battles, as long as Lu Bu followed Chen Gong's strategy, he won. It can be seen from here that Chen Gong is indeed a resourceful person. On the battlefield, "know yourself and know yourself, and you will win every battle." In the battle with Cao Cao, Chen Gong thoroughly analyzed Cao Cao's character and knew when and what tricks Cao Cao would use. Therefore, Chen Gong made great contributions to the cause of Lu Bu. At that time, Lu Bu was willing to listen to Chen Gong on many things, but later Lu Bu seldom listened to Chen Gong's advice, dragging down his subordinates and being bound by Cao Cao.
With regard to Chen Gong's later assistance to Lu Bu, many people may think that Chen Gong changed from a loyal minister to a wavering and embarrassed person who gave up national interests and only sought his own development. But here I have my personal opinion ... I think Chen Gong is a very responsible person, who has fully fulfilled the principle of "doing his own duties". At first, he abandoned the official because the ruler was no longer in power. Although Lyu3 bu4 in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was really a man who had nothing to recommend but force, Chen Gong didn't choose another wise SHEN WOO at that time. I think it's because of himself. Personally, I have a little speculation as follows: As the saying goes, "a gentleman is like a tiger", and working under a king is accompanied by the danger of being killed. At this time, it is better to choose a boss with a relatively open mind. Although Cao Cao cherishes talents, he is also good at it. But for Lyu3 bu4, Chen Gong himself said that although he had no plan, he didn't like treachery, and he could do his best for Lyu3 bu4' s strategy, because Lyu3 bu4 wouldn't do anything to Chen Gong even if he didn't listen to Chen Gong's strategy, while Cao Caoze didn't necessarily ... Thinking about Yang Xiuzhi's death, he naturally felt relieved to assist Lyu3 bu4; Then there is a problem. Why didn't Chen Gong vote for Liu Bei? In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the author is actually biased towards Shu, so what Chen Gong did in his works is unkind and unfair to Liu Bei. At first, Liu Bei gave up Xuzhou, and Chen Gong said, "Strong customers don't bully the Lord." Later, he advocated that Lu Bu attack Xuzhou, and then even Yuan Shu destroyed Liu Bei. Seeing this, I'm afraid some people will say that Chen Gong is really a disloyal person. On that day, Liu Bei gave up his place to Lu, but now Chen Gong has laid a vertical shaft. Of course, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Chen Gong, but I still want to say that "due diligence". Chen Gong didn't know if Liu Bei was a benevolent person at that time, and he didn't have a chance to know at that time, so he met Liu Bei's let Xuzhou. Even if Liu Bei really intended to put Lu Bu in charge of Xuzhou at that time, I'm afraid that in Chen Gong's view, Liu Bei was suspicious, so he said "Please don't doubt him", and then of course he would serve himself. Xiaopei is not a place to live for a long time. It is even more justified to have the opportunity to capture Xuzhou and gain sovereignty. It turned out that when the surname of the world was undecided, everyone was waiting for someone to lead the development of the great cause, and no one knew who would win the world in the end. Now he should really do his duty as a counselor of Lu Bu and consider how to develop from the perspective of benefiting Lu Bu. Then Chen Gong knew that Yuan Shu's intention to get married was to kill Liu Bei. He advocated killing Liu Bei, without his reason. In Chen Gong's eyes, Liu Bei may have been hypocritical, and Xuzhou may have aroused Liu Bei's antipathy. This man's immortality is a great threat to Lu Bu, so it's not that Chen Gong can't see far, but there are some things that must be done to do his job well. Some people say that Liu Bei is too hypocritical, so Chen Gong doesn't want to vote for him. I haven't studied the specific historical facts, but I can understand what Chen Gong did in his works, and I personally appreciate what he did. Chen Gong is the same as Wen Zhong in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties: he is the master of his own house and does his duty. But when it comes to changing owners, I think of Lu Bu's repeated disobedience to Gong Yan. Chen Gong wanted to abandon the cloth at that time, but he was reluctant to part with it and was afraid of being laughed at. The mood here is really contradictory, and I can see that Chen Gong still cares about face.
Chen Gong's final capture was really the result of Lu Bu's listening to his wife rather than Chen Gong's advice. Speaking of Chen Gong, she died at the hands of a woman, but she also died with ambition. Cao Cao wanted to stay, but Chen Gong just died peacefully. In fact, I am very moved to see this place, but I can't express my feelings here well. I just said that when I saw this place, I really thought Chen Gong was a loyal person. I only think of Chen Gong's ambivalence when he assisted Lyu3 bu4, and I know that Chen Gong is a conscientious counselor.