Guan Yu himself, in the History of the Three Kingdoms and various ancient books, has no detailed record of his life experience. There is no record of his elders and wives, and there are no details about his son and his own birthday. It's just that there is a sentence in the "Three Kingdoms" and "Guan Yu Biography": "Guan Yu's word is long, and this word is immortal, and Hedong solves people", so there is no explanation.
As for his son, the general Guan Ping, who is often mentioned in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, only wrote a note when Guan Yu died: "The right to send the general to attack the feather, and cut it to the level of Lin Ju", while Pei noted in the newspaper that "the right to send the general to attack the feather, and the feather is the level of the son", but he didn't say anything again, even knowing what Guan Ping's inscription was. Guan Yu's other descendants and family members, in his "History of the Three Kingdoms", said after Guan Yu's death: "... my son succeeded. You rarely ask the question of the country's prosperity, but Prime Minister Zhuge Liang is different. The weak crown served as the upper middle school supervisor and died at a few years old. The son is the heir, the princess is the princess, and the official is the commander of the samurai corps. If you die, you will have no children or daughters, and you will continue to be the son's seal. "Pei is noting:" Pound Zi will attack Shu with Zhong and Deng, and Shu will die. " Looking at these materials, we can know that Guan Yu's real name is longevity, and he has a son Guan Ping and Guan Xing. Guan Ping and Guan Yu were killed together in Jingzhou. Guan Yu's second son Guan Xing died early, but Guan Tong, Guan Xing's eldest son, died, so Guan Xing's illegitimate son Guan Yi inherited the title of Guan Yu. The population of Guanjia in Chengdu was killed by the son of Pound, a Wei general, who entered Shu with Deng Ai. That's about all we can know.
Guan Yu's life story, until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, had a clear answer. In the fifth year of Kangxi, Dani, King of Xiezhou, dug up the brick of Guan Yu's tomb while digging and repairing an ancient well. It is engraved with the inscriptions of Guan Yuzu and his father, the date of birth and death, etc. And the information is more detailed, and there is a slight mention of Guan Yu's family situation. Therefore, he wrote "Rent Tombstones at the Close of the House". According to the written records on the tomb brick, Guan Jia is actually a family of literati. Guan Yu's grandfather called Guan Yu and asked him. Born in Geng Yin in the second year of Han Yongyuan, he lived in Baochi, Pingcun, the governor. According to records, he is "good at admiring" and often admonishes his son with Yi and Chunqiu. Ding You died in the second year of Emperor Huan's eternal life at the age of 68. Feather father Guan Yi still has a long way to go. After his father's trial, Xiaozong built a house and mourned on the tomb for three years. Apart from mourning, Guan Yu was born on June 24th in the third year of Yan Xi. When he grew up, he married Hu, and Lingdi was born in Guanping on May 13th, the first year of Wuwu. Based on this, Jingshan Feng, a post-Qiantang person, wrote The Record of Hou Zu in Hanshou Pavilion.
Judging from these data, it is indeed a misinformation that people worship Guan Yu in temples and at home on May 13 as Guan Yu's birthday. May 13 should be Guan Yu's birthday. The discovery of the tomb brick also confirmed that Guan Ping was indeed Guan Yu's own son, not just the adopted son as mentioned in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and folklore. At the same time, from the records on the tomb brick, we can also know that the statement that "Jiang Biao biography says: Feathers are good at Zuo Zhuan and satirical recitation is catchy" quoted in Pei's Notes on the History of the Three Kingdoms is not groundless, because Guan Yu's grandfather used Yi and Chunqiu to teach his son, so Guan Yu's Zuo Zhuan's satirical recitation is catchy.
As for Guan Suo, we can know from the previous historical materials that there is no record of this person. In the 1970s, four Biographies of Hua Xin, which were published in Chenghua 1465- 1487, were unearthed in Nantong, Jiangsu. Among them, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei wrote at the beginning of Biography of China, which made them feel at home. Liu Bei said to Guan Yu and Zhang Yue, "I am alone, and you two are worried about the old and the young, and you are afraid to go home." Guan Gongzheng said, "I broke up with my youngest son and went with my brother." Zhang Fei said, "How did you succeed in killing your children? My brother killed my youngest son and I killed my eldest son. " Liu Bei said, "That's right." So Guan and Zhang agreed to kill each other's families. Zhang Fei came to Guan Yu's hometown, Jiexian, and killed ten members of Guan Yu's family. Just because he couldn't bear it, he took Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping, Guan Yu's pregnant wife Hu Jinding, and later gave birth to a little hero Guan Suo. Guan Yu killed Zhang Fei's family. After doing these things, I said, "I will go back to taoyuan town, and the three brothers will board (the journey). Go to a building in Xingliu Mountain and be a general for heaven. " Later, when Guan Suo grew up, he went to Jingzhou to find Guan Yu to recognize his father, but Guan Yu denied it. Guan Suo turned his face and threatened his father that if he didn't obey, he would go to Cao Cao and capture Guan Yu and other five tiger generals alive with his sword.
There is a nickname called Guan Suo in the water margin, and in Yunnan, there is a place called Guan Suoling, and there is a temple dedicated to him. It can be seen that this lock is quite influential among the people, but many scholars think that the story of the so-called "Huaguansuo" circulating among the people has no historical basis, and some people think that the ancient seal characters of "lock" and "ping" are similar, and the lock may be Guan Ping. Looking at the above information, it should be said that at present, we can only admit that this conclusion is correct. But one thing is right, that is, Guan Yu's wife is Hu.
In addition, there are 5 kinds of Guan's genealogy in Shanghai Library, which are distributed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Nanhai, Panyu and Xinhui in Guangdong. Among them, there are four kinds of Guan genealogy, and all members of Guan genealogy claim to be descendants of Han Shou. The archives of Yanzhou County, Shandong Province also collected a branch genealogy of Guan family, which was edited by Guan Jinbiao and dated from the 30th year of People's Republic of China (PRC) (65438. However, so far, there is no real Guan family tree. Because the existing genealogy is recorded from the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu's name is not taboo in the chart. Therefore, strictly speaking, they are not Guan Yu's genealogy in the true sense, and they are not very helpful for us to understand Guan Yu, but are rare and precious materials for genealogists. 1995, International Culture Publishing Company (Beijing) also photocopied and published a series of Collection of Guandi Documents, which was divided into 10 volume, and the eighth volume (405-462 pages) contained a photocopy of Guan's Genealogy. This is the only copy of Guan Yu's genealogy found by the imperial court. Unfortunately, few people noticed. This series was edited by Yu Lu and others. It's just that this is just a text version of the Qing Dynasty. It was handed over and revised from Kangxi to Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. Jiaqing's editor is Guan's 58th generation Sun Guanwen List.
Based on the data of all ethnic groups of Guan surname, Guan surname is located in Longxi County, whose ancestor is Guan Longfeng, a loyal minister, and Guan Yu is his 27th (37th) generation descendant. Guan Yu and Guan Ping were killed in the defeat of Maicheng. Guan Ping's wife Zhao and her eight-year-old son took refuge in Anxiang people's home and changed their surnames to men. It was not until the Western Jin Dynasty wiped out Wu that Zhao Cai took his son out to resume his surname. In the 10th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1732), the imperial court decided that the descendants of Guan Yue would inherit the Doctor of Five Classics. Guan Xing's two sons, Guan Tong and Guan Yi Middle School, had no children, so they were raised by illegitimate son Guan Yi and became a big sect of Guan Gong's descendants. After the demise, the Guan family moved to Jiangling, Hubei Province and settled in Xindu (now Jixian County, Hebei Province). Guan Bo, the descendant of Guan Yu, served as prime minister during Dezong in the Tang Dynasty. According to the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty (Volume 80), Guan Bo was shot dead by a right servant (equivalent to a prime minister) and died in the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan (AD 797) at the age of 79. Six years after Bai Juyi's death, he rented in the East Pavilion, so there are many stories about "Old Pass" in his works.
Later, in the Song Dynasty, perhaps because the authorities began to respect Guan Yu, Guan clan groups all over the country began to attach importance to genealogy, and the number of preserved genealogies began to increase. Today, there are many descendants of Guan Jia all over the country and even overseas. According to statistics reported at the Guan Yu Festival in Shandong a few years ago, there are now more than 20,000 descendants of Guan Yu living all over the world, which can be said to be a big family.