關聖帝君傳略與年譜

聖帝姓關，諱羽，字雲長，本字長生，山西解州（今山西解縣）常平村，寶池里人. 乃夏大夫關龍逄（音旁）的後裔. 聖父諱毅字道遠.



關帝係東漢、桓帝延熹三年（公元一六○年）六月二十四日聖誕. 於建安二十四年（公元二一九年）己亥冬升天，聖壽六十歲. 關帝生來器宇不凡，身高九尺六寸，鬚長一尺八寸，面如重棗，唇似丹朱，臥蠶眉、丹鳳眼，臉上有七顆痣，朗若列星，相貌堂堂，威風凜凜. 當代高士司馬德操讚稱帝面貌清、奇、古、怪、得四大威儀正氣，曰：「神光滿面，目采含真，清之正也；眉高入鬢，鬚長過腹，奇之正也；五岳隆起，四水歸源，古之正也；面赤氣清，神藏威露，怪之正也. 」



關帝少年時，英秀奇偉，性忠孝，勤勉好學，喜讀《春秋》、《左傳》，故對忠奸之辨、君臣之義特別重視. 及長，膂力強，可敵萬夫. 且智勇並濟，文武雙全；武能於百萬軍中取上將首級，文能安邦定國，拒吳抗魏.



靈帝喜平六年（公元一七七年）帝十七歲，已一偉岸丈夫矣，娶聖后胡氏. 靈帝光和元年戊午（公元一七八年），五月十三日生子關平. 翌年己未（公元一七九年），帝辭父母曰：「兒已有後，足奉祖禰. 今漢室衰敗，奸臣盈庭，盜賊猖獗，兒欲獻身救國. 」遂詣郡守，上陳時事，不果. 歸旅店，聞鄰人哭極哀，叩之曰：韓守義也，遭郡豪呂熊荼毒. 呂黨連七姓，上通朝中權貴，下結當地豪族，倚勢凌人. ……帝聞之，義憤填膺，命守義導至七姓所在，悉斬之，潛引去，逃難江湖.



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安三年（公元一九八年），呂布襲下邳，劉備合曹操擒殺呂布. 布部將張遼，忠義不畏死，帝極力保救. 兄弟三人遂與操還許都，覲見獻帝，劉備被封為左將軍，關公為中郎將. 次年，操請獻帝田獵於許田，行獵中，操僭越禮，　關帝怒，欲殺操，先主目止之. 還許都，　關帝問先主曰：「操賊欺君罔上，我欲殺之，為國除害，兄何止之？」先主曰：「投鼠忌器. 操與君王相離只一馬路，其心腹之人，週迴擁侍. 吾弟若逞一時之怒，輕有舉動，倘事不成，有傷天子，罪反坐吾輩矣！」　關帝曰：「今日不殺此賊，後必為禍. 」先主曰：「且宜秘之，不可輕言. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安四年，先主與車騎將軍國舅董承奉獻帝秘詔，欲誅操. 操使徐州刺史車冑謀殺先主，冑與謀士陳登商計，佯迎先主入城，圖殺之. 登父稱頌先主是仁人君子，豈能傷害，遂秘告　關帝. 關帝使士兵五更呼開城. 冑誤以其為曹軍，遂出迎，　關帝立斬之. 然後出迎先主，遂入徐州，百姓父老，伏道迎接.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">先主以殺冑事，操必計較，因而派使北聯袁紹，共圖操，操果來攻，先主劫寨，不慎中操計，徐州陷，兄弟失散. 先主敗走青州，奔袁紹，翼德入芒碭山. 此時　關帝守下邳，操計誘　關帝出戰，以精兵截其歸路，令不得還. 再自提大軍與城內內應攻取下邳，　關帝只得引兵屯土山. 操素愛　關帝武藝人品，使張遼上山說降.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關公於山上，忽見一人跑馬上山，視之乃張遼也. 關公迎謂曰：「文遠欲來相敵也？」遼曰：「非也. 想故人舊日之情，特來相見. 」遂棄刀下馬，與　關帝敘禮畢，坐於山頂. 關帝曰：「文遠莫非說關某乎？」遼曰：「不然. 昔日蒙兄救弟，今日弟安得不救兄？」關帝曰：「然則文遠將欲助我乎？」遼曰：「亦非也. 」　關帝曰：「既不助我，來此何為？」遼曰：「玄德不知存亡，翼德未知生死. 昨夜曹公已破下邳，軍民盡無傷害，差人護衛玄德家眷，不許驚擾. 如此相待，弟特來報兄. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝怒曰：「此言特說我也. 吾今雖處絕地，視死如歸. 汝當速去，吾即下山迎戰. 」張遼大笑曰：「兄此言豈不為天下笑乎？」關帝曰：「吾仗忠義而死，安得為天下笑？」遼曰：「兄今即死，其罪有三. 」　關帝曰：「汝且說我那三罪？」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝曰：「兄言三便，吾有三約. 若丞相能從我，即當卸甲；如其不允，吾寧受三罪而死. 」遼曰：「丞相寬宏大量，何所不容？願聞三事. 」　關帝曰：「一者，吾與皇叔設誓，共扶漢室，吾今只降漢帝，不降曹操；二者，二嫂處請給皇叔俸祿養瞻，一應上下人等，皆不許到門；三者，但知劉皇叔去向，不管千里萬里，便當辭去；三者缺一，斷不肯降. 望文遠急急回報. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">張遼應諾，遂上馬，回見曹操，先說降漢不降曹之事. 操笑曰：「吾為漢相，漢即吾也. 此可從之. 」遼又言：「二夫人欲請給皇叔俸，並上下人等不許到門. 」操曰：「吾於皇叔俸內，更加倍與之，至於嚴禁內外，乃是家法，又何疑焉？」遼又曰：「但知玄德信息，雖遠必往. 」操搖首曰：「然則吾養雲長何用？此事卻難從. 」遼曰：「豈不聞豫讓眾人國士之論乎？劉玄德待雲長不過恩厚耳，丞相更施厚恩以結其心，何憂雲長之不服也？」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">操曰：「文遠之言甚當，吾願從此三事. 」張遼再往山上回報. 帝曰：「雖然如此，暫請丞相退軍，容我入城見二嫂，告知其事，然後投降. 」張遼再回，以此言報曹操. 操即傳令，退軍至十里；荀彧曰：「不可，恐有詐. 」操曰：「雲長義士，必不失信. 」遂引軍退. 帝引兵入下邳，見人民安妥不動，竟到府中，來見二嫂. 甘、糜二夫人聽帝到來，急出迎之. 帝拜於階下曰：「使二嫂受驚，某之罪也. 」二夫人曰：「皇叔今在何處？」帝曰：「不知去向. 」二夫人曰：「二叔今將若何？」帝曰：「關某出城死戰，被困土山，張遼勸我投降，我以三事相約. 曹操已皆允從，故特退兵，放我入城. 我不曾得嫂嫂主意，未敢擅便. 」二夫人問那三事？帝將上項三事，備述一遍. 甘夫人曰：「昨日曹軍入城，我等皆以為必死；誰想毫髮不動，一軍不敢入門. 叔叔既已領諾，何必問我二人，恐日後曹操不容叔叔去尋皇叔. 」帝曰：「嫂嫂放心，關某自有主張. 」二夫人曰：「叔叔自家裁處，凡事不必問俺女流. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">帝辭退，遂引數十騎來見曹操，操自轅門相接. 帝下馬入拜，操慌忙答禮. 帝曰：「敗兵之將，深荷不殺之恩. 」操曰：「素慕雲長忠義，今日幸得相見，足慰平生之望. 」帝曰：「文遠代稟三事，蒙丞相應允，諒不食言. 」操曰：「吾言既出，安敢失信. 」帝曰：「關某若知皇叔所在，雖蹈水火，必往從之. 此時恐不及拜辭，伏乞見諒. 」操曰：「玄德若在，必從公去；但恐亂軍中亡矣. 公且寬心，尚容緝聽. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">帝拜謝，操設宴相待. 次日班師還許昌. 帝收拾車仗，請二嫂上車，親自護車而行. 於路安歇館驛，操欲亂其君臣之禮，使帝與二嫂共處一室. 帝乃秉燭立戶外，自夜達旦，毫無倦色. 操見帝如此，愈加敬服. 既到許昌，操撥一府與　關帝居住. 帝分一宅為兩院，內門撥老軍十人把守. 關帝自居外宅. 操引關聖朝見獻帝，獻帝封關聖為偏將軍，關聖謝恩歸宅.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">操次日設大宴，會眾謀臣武士，以客禮待關聖，延之上座，又備綾錦及金銀器皿相送. 關聖都送與二嫂收貯. 關聖自到許昌，操待之甚厚：小宴三日，大宴五日，又送美女十人，使侍關聖，關聖盡送入內門，令服侍二嫂. 卻又三日一次於內門外躬身施禮，動問二嫂安否？二夫人回問皇叔之事畢，曰：「叔叔自便. 」關聖方敢退回. 操聞之，又歎服關聖不已.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">一日，操見關聖所穿綠錦戰袍已舊，即度其身材，取異錦作戰袍一領相贈. 關聖受之，穿於衣底，上仍用舊袍罩之. 操笑曰：「雲長何如此之儉乎？」關聖曰：「某非儉也. 舊袍乃劉皇叔所賜，某穿之如見兄面，不敢以丞相之新賜而忘兄長之舊賜，故穿於上. 」操歎曰：「真義士也！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">忽一日，操請　關帝赴宴，臨散，送帝出府，見帝馬瘦，操曰：「公馬因何而瘦？」關聖曰：「賤軀頗重，馬不能載，因此常瘦. 」操令左右備一馬至. 須臾牽至. 那馬身如火炭，狀甚雄偉. 操指曰：「公識此馬乎？」帝曰：「莫非呂布所騎赤兔馬乎？」操曰：「然也. 」遂並鞍轡送與關聖、關聖再拜稱謝. 操不悅曰：「吾累送美女金帛，公未嘗下拜，今吾贈馬，乃喜而再拜，何賤人而貴畜耶？」關聖曰：「吾知此馬日行千里，今幸得之，若知兄長下落，可一日而見面矣. 」操愕然而悔. 關聖辭去. 後人有詩歎曰：

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">操問張遼曰：「吾待雲長不薄，而彼常懷去心，何也？」遼曰：「容某探其情. 」次日，往見關聖. 禮畢，遼曰：「我薦兄在丞相處，不曾落後. 」帝曰：「深感丞相厚意；只是吾身雖在此，心念皇叔，未嘗去懷. 」遼曰：「兄言差矣. 處世不分輕重，非丈夫也. 玄德待兄未必過於丞相. 兄何故只懷去志？」帝曰：「吾固知曹公待吾甚厚；奈何受皇叔厚恩，誓以共死，不可背之. 吾終不留此. 要必立效以報曹公，然後去耳. 」遼曰：「倘玄德已棄世，公何所歸乎？」帝曰：「願從於地下. 」遼知關聖終不可留，乃告退回，見曹操，具以實告. 操歎曰：「事主不忘其本，乃天下之義士也！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">卻說劉先生自徐州兵敗逃亡，投奔袁紹之後，心中苦悶，旦夕煩惱，一日，袁紹見了，問道：「玄德何故常憂. 」玄德曰：「二弟不知音耗，妻小陷於曹賊；上不能報國，下不能保家，安得不憂？」紹曰：「吾欲進兵赴許都久矣，方今春煖，正好興兵. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安五年（西元二○○年）四月，袁紹派遣大將顏良領兵十萬，作為先鋒. 當大軍行至黎陽（今河南濬縣東北）時，曹操聞報，親率大軍十五萬開赴前線迎敵. 關帝一聽曹操起兵，便到丞相府求見曹操，願意擔任先鋒，與袁紹對敵.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">曹操婉拒道：「不敢煩勞將軍，等有事時，再派人來請罷！」因為軍情緊急，曹操親領五萬人馬，趕到白馬（津名，在今河南滑縣）地方，靠著土山紮營. 隨即登土山瞭望，只見顏良軍容甚盛，心中憂慮，遂派遣原呂布部將宋憲出戰. 宋憲領命一躍上馬，直抵陣前，只見顏良提刀立於門旗下，見宋憲至，大喝一聲，縱馬來迎，戰不三回合，斬宋憲於馬下.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">曹操大驚，忙又遣名將魏續上陣再戰，交馬一回合，又被顏良斬於馬下. 曹操見顏良如此厲害，忙又回顧諸將道：「那個敢再上陣？」大將徐晃應聲而出，與顏良大戰了二十回合，仍然敗下陣來. 曹操只得鳴金收兵.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">回營之後，謀士程昱建議道：「丞相何不命關羽制敵呢？」曹操道：「我怕他立了功就走！」昱曰：「劉備若在必投袁紹，今若使雲長破袁紹之兵，紹必疑劉備而殺之矣. 備既死，雲長又安往乎？」操大喜，遂差人去請關聖. 關聖即入辭二嫂. 二嫂曰：「叔今此去，可打聽皇叔消息. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關聖領諾而出，提青龍刀，上赤兔馬，引從者數人，直至白馬，來見曹操. 操敘說顏良連誅二將，勇不可當，特請雲長商議. 關聖曰：「容某觀之. 」操置酒相待. 忽報顏良搦戰. 操引關聖上山觀看. 操與　關聖坐，諸將環立. 曹操指山下顏良排的陣勢，旗幟鮮明，鎗刀森布，嚴整有威，乃謂關聖曰：「河北人馬，如此雄壯. 」關聖曰：「以吾觀之，如土雞瓦犬耳！」操又指曰：「麾蓋之下，銹袍金甲，持刀立馬者，乃顏良也. 」關聖舉目一望，謂操曰：「吾觀顏良，如插標賣首耳！」操曰：「未可輕視. 」關聖起身曰：「某雖不才，願去萬軍中取其首級，來獻丞相. 」張遼曰：「軍中無戲言，雲長不可忽也. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關聖奮然上馬，倒提青龍刀，跑下山來，鳳目圓睜，蠶眉直豎，直衝彼陣，河北軍如波開浪裂. 關聖徑奔顏良. 顏良正在麾蓋下，見關聖衝來，方欲問時，關聖赤兔馬快，早已跑到前面；顏良措手不及，被關聖手起一刀，刺於馬下. 忽地下馬，割了顏良首級，拴於馬項之下，飛身上馬，提刀出陣，如入無人之境. 河北兵將大驚，不戰自亂. 曹軍乘勢攻擊，死者不可勝數；馬匹器械，搶奪極多. 關聖縱馬上山，眾將盡皆稱賀. 帝獻首級於操前. 操曰：「將軍真神人也. 」關聖曰：「某何足道哉！吾弟張翼德於百萬軍中取上將之頭，如探囊取物. 」操大驚，回顧左右曰：「今後如遇張翼德，不可輕敵. 」令寫於衣袍襟底以記之.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">且說曹操見關聖斬了顏良倍加欽敬，表奏朝廷，封關聖為「漢壽亭侯」鑄印送帝. 關於封「壽亭侯」一事，　關帝後來顯聖托夢玉泉寺僧著述本《桃園明聖經》時，特別說明，曹操給祂的「侯」印，原本沒有刻「漢」字，　關帝不受，後來曹操再加刻「漢」字，成為「漢壽亭侯印」，　關帝才拜受. 足見　關帝留在曹營時，時刻未忘祂與漢室的關係.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">後來，袁紹再派大將文醜率七萬大軍在前，劉備領三萬大軍在後，渡過黃河，在延津（今河北延津縣北）與曹兵相遇，操曰：「此河北名將文醜，孰擒之？」張遼、徐晃出戰，敗回，帝往救，斬殺文醜. 慌亂中，劉皇叔望見帝，遠呼帝，未聞. 乃馳書與帝曰：「備與足下，自桃園締盟，誓以同死. 今何中道相違，割恩斷義？君必欲取功名，圖富貴，願獻首級，以成全功. 書不盡言，死待來命. 」帝閱畢，大哭曰：「某非不欲尋兄，奈不知所在也. 安肯圖富貴而背舊盟乎？」遂致書皇叔云：「竊聞義不負心，忠不顧死. 予自幼讀書，粗知禮義. 觀羊角哀、左伯桃之事，未嘗不三嘆而流涕也. 前守下邳，內無積粟，外無援兵，欲即效死，奈有二嫂之重，未敢斷首捐軀，致負所託. 故爾暫且羈身，冀圖後會. 近至汝南，方知兄信，即當面辭曹操，奉二嫂歸. 羽但懷異心，神人共戮，披肝瀝膽，筆楮難窮，瞻拜有期，伏惟昭鑒！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">次日，　關帝一面告知二位嫂嫂，一面又去相府辭行，曹操知道　關帝來意，故意不見，往來數次，無奈　關帝只得再去找張遼，張遼也推說有病不肯出來. 關帝不得已，只好寫了一封懇切告辭的信說：「竊以日在天上，心在人中；日在天上，普照萬方；心在人中，以表丹誠. 丹誠者，信義也. 羽少事皇叔，誓同生死；皇天后土，實聞斯言. 前者下邳失守時，有言曰：『主亡則死，主存則歸. 』所請三事，已蒙恩諾. 今探知故主見在袁紹軍中，回思昔日之盟，豈容違背？新受明公之寵顧，久蒙劉主之恩光. 丞相新恩，劉主舊義；新恩雖厚，舊義難忘；恩有所報，義無所斷. 今也刺顏良於白馬，斬文醜於南坡. 丞相厚恩，滿有所報. 敬留所賜之物，盡在府庫封緘. 茲特奉書告辭，伏惟照察. 其有餘恩未報，願以俟之異日. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">寫畢封固，差人去相府投遞；一面將累次所受金銀，一一封置庫中，懸「漢壽亭侯印」於堂上，請二夫人上車，　關帝上赤兔馬，手提青龍刀，率領舊日跟隨人役，護送車仗，逕出北門. 卻說曹操正論　關帝之事未定，忽左右報　關帝呈書，操即看畢，大驚曰：「雲長去矣！」忽北門守將飛報：「關將軍奪門而去，車仗鞍馬二十餘人，皆望北行. 」又關聖宅中人來報說：「關將軍盡封所賜金銀等物. 美女十人，另居內室. 其「漢壽亭侯印」懸於堂上，丞相所撥人役，皆不帶去，只帶原跟從人，及隨身行李，出北門去了. 」眾將愕然. 操將蔡陽挺身而出曰：「某願將鐵騎三千，去生擒關某獻與丞相！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">操曰：「不忘故主，來去明白，真丈夫也，汝等皆當效之. 」遂叱退蔡陽，不令去趕. 程昱曰：「丞相待關某甚厚，今彼不辭而去，亂言片楮，冒瀆鈞威，其罪大矣！若縱之使歸袁紹，數與虎添翼也. 不若追而殺之，以絕後患. 」操曰：「吾昔已許之，豈可失信？彼各為其主，勿追也. 」因謂張遼曰：「雲長封金掛印，財賄不足以動其心，爵祿不足以移其志，此等人吾深敬之，想他去此不遠，我一發結識他做個人情，你可先去通知，我隨後趕來與他送行，更以路費征袍贈之，使為後日紀念. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">張遼領命後，單騎先往，在離城十餘里處趕上　關帝等一行. 關帝忽見張遼單騎趕來，勒馬問道：「文遠追來有何見教？」張遼道：「丞相要來與兄送行，請稍等一會. 」　關帝道：「我去志已決，萬不可留，即使丞相趕來，我亦決不回！」遂立馬橋頭，遠遠眺望，果見曹操親引了數十騎飛奔而來，　關帝見他們均未攜帶武器，這才放心.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">曹操到了橋下，首先向　關帝道：「雲長，為何走得如此匆忙呢？」　關帝在馬上欠身道：「我前稟明丞相，必須往投故主，今故主在河北，不由我急急求去，我曾數次造府告辭，均未得見，還請原諒！」曹操道：我為取信於天下，怎肯食言，只恐將軍途中缺少用費，特備少許路費趕來相送. 」說著，便令左右托過黃金一盤，交與　關帝. 關帝道：「屢蒙厚賜，尚有餘資，請丞相將此盤黃金，賞與將士！」曹操道：「這點微意，只是酬你的大功於萬一而已. 」　關帝道：「區區微勞，何足掛齒？」曹操笑道：「雲長真天下義士，只恨我福薄，不能久留，特再贈與錦袍一襲，聊作紀念. 」說罷，又命人將錦袍送過去，　關帝也不下馬，用刀尖將袍挑起，披在身上，然後向曹操道謝一番後，調轉馬頭，逕向北揚長而去.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">一天，正向冀州行進之時，忽見一人騎馬飛奔而來，　關帝抬頭一看，原來是孫乾，遂迎上去. 孫乾道：「自將軍回許昌後，那劉辟、龔都又奪回了汝南，就派我去河北聯絡袁紹，和皇叔商量進攻曹操的辦法，沒想到河北文武官員，各懷妒嫉，互相爭權，皇叔見袁紹多疑，已抽身去汝南，恐將軍不知，叫我來迎接將軍，速偕二夫人至汝南相會. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝由河北返回汝南途中，行至臥牛山途，遇黃巾餘黨張寶的帳前將軍周倉. 周倉自張寶戰死後，守山為寨，暫時隱身綠林. 因久慕　關帝大名，衷心嚮往. 此番在臥牛山前相遇，便決意追隨　關帝. 周將軍黑面犏髯，形容偉岸，兩臂有千斤之力，忠肝義膽，亦為一代人豪. 關帝看他十分赤誠，便允他一路同行. 周將軍今日能倚　關帝左右，享人間香火，正是在那時候與　關帝結下的盛緣.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝與周倉等一行路過古城（今河南省應山縣北）時，竟意外地與張翼德相遇. 關帝等一行入了古城，便請翼德將軍保護兩位嫂嫂，自己和孫乾往汝南劉辟處去找劉先主. 至汝南見了劉辟之後，方知劉先主因見劉辟的兵力不足以與曹操抗衡，又折返袁紹處去了. 於是，　關帝與孫乾二人又往河北去迎劉先主. 由孫乾在袁紹處找到了劉先主. 當時袁紹正對先主起疑心，先主便藉口到荊州，說服劉表共同起兵討曹為名，找得脫身之計，和孫乾、簡雍等，離開袁紹大營，來到黃河邊與　關帝一同到古城會合.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">在關帝與劉先主回古城的途中，又得一虎將，就是在臥牛山又與趙子龍將軍相逢. 趙將軍原為公孫瓚手下大將，在討黃巾時，曾隨劉先主出征，對先主的為人極為敬佩. 這時，公孫瓚為袁紹所敗，自焚而死. 趙子龍正待擇主而事，現在故舊相逢，便一心依附了劉先主，真是風雲際會.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">他們一夥人到了古城，兄弟重逢，少不了歡慶一番，這時獻帝建安五年（西元二○○年）　關帝四十一歲. 古城是一個小小的縣城，一共才五千人馬，當然難有發展. 正好這時劉辟、龔都派人來請，劉先主便領了大隊人馬往汝南，以圖擴張力量.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安六年（二○一年）　關帝四十二歲，與先主、劉辟等屯兵汝南. 是年曹操與袁紹數十萬大軍血戰官渡，袁紹敗. 曹、袁兩軍在戰，劉先主偕　關帝等率軍數萬，乘虛襲擊許昌，行至途中，曹軍已打敗了袁紹，凱旋而歸. 曹操兵多將廣，一場大戰之後，劉先主的兵馬慘遭敗北，汝南也被曹操攻下，只剩下了一千多騎，於是他又奔荊州，依劉表，暫時駐兵在新野（今河南新野縣境）.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安八年（西元二○三年）　關帝四十四歲，此時曹操正用兵北方，遣曹仁、李典駐兵樊城，就近監視劉先主和劉表等. 劉先主為先發制人並牽制曹操起見，命　關帝擊曹仁，敗之，大軍乃駐樊城，北拒曹操.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">在這兩三年中，劉先主與關、張兄弟雖然佔有樊城等幾個小城池，可是並沒有什麼大發展. 因思方今天下大亂，四方紛擾，欲求安邦定國之策，亟求經綸濟世之才. 後於南漳巧遇賢士司馬徽，徽為先主言：「伏龍、鳳雛兩人得一，可安天下. 」謀士徐庶曰：「伏龍者，孔明也. 」此人有經天緯地之才，可比興周八百年之姜子牙，旺漢四百年之張子房. 」並言此人不可屈致，只可親往求之. 建安十三年（四元二○八年）先主偕關、張詣隆中，三顧茅盧，訪求孔明先王. 既見，孔明為說天下大勢，三分局面及興復漢室之策略，令先主茅塞頓開，如撥雲霧而睹青天. 孔明未出芧廬，已知三分天下之勢，真千古奇才也. 孔明終感念先主知遇之恩，遂答應受聘下山，共謀國事.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">六月，操軍南下，謀取荊州. 八月，劉表病卒，子劉琮以荊州降操. 先主奔江陵，操追之當陽，先主走夏口. 十月曹操馬步水軍號稱百萬，水陸並進，船騎雙行，沿江而來. 先主遣孔明赴東吳，與孫權結盟，迎擊曹軍於荊壁. 孔明巧用連環計，縱火焚燒曹軍船艦，延及岸上軍營，曹軍大敗，操逃走華容道（今湖北監利縣西北）遇帝埋伏，截住去路. 曹操大驚之餘，看到是　關帝的人馬，便從馬上向　關帝欠身道：「將軍別來無恙？」　關帝在馬上欠身還禮道：「我奉命在此等候丞相多時了. 」曹操道：「我今日兵敗勢蹙，無路可走，望將軍念昔日情義，放我一條生路！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝曰：「昔日關某雖蒙丞相厚恩，然已斬顏良，誅文醜，解白馬之圍，以奉報矣. 今日之事，豈敢以私廢公. 」操曰：「五關斬將之時，還能記否？大丈夫以信義為重，將軍深明《春秋》，豈不知庚公之斯追子濯孺子之事乎？」帝俯首不語，曹操知　關帝忠義，終不肯負人，趕緊率諸將疾走. 關帝大喝一聲，眾將皆下馬，哭拜於地. 正猶疑間，張遼驟馬而至，　關帝見了，又動故舊之情，長歎一聲，並皆放去.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝至長沙城，韓玄遣黃忠出戰，與　關帝大戰百餘合，不分勝負. 關帝始知諸葛亮所言不虛. 次日再戰六十餘合，仍不分勝負. 關帝想用拖刀計斬他，乃調轉馬頭敗走. 黃忠不知是計，勒馬直追，關帝正喜計逞，欲回馬舉刀砍殺之際，卻聽得腦後撲通一聲響，原來黃忠馬失前蹄，人與馬雙雙翻倒在地. 關帝此時取黃忠性命，可說是易如反掌. 但　關帝生就一副英雄氣概，不忍乘人之危，便雙手舉刀猛喝曰：「俺不斬馬下之人，快起來換馬再戰！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">第三日再戰，黃忠老將自知在刀法上，難以取勝對方，所以戰到三十餘合後，詐敗，想以他百步穿楊的箭法射　關帝. 但為了報答　關帝不殺之恩，兩次把弓，虛拽弦響，均未放箭. 關帝但聽弓響，未見箭發，以為黃忠不善射，勒馬急追. 黃將軍彎弓搭箭，颼的一聲，矢中　關帝盔纓根上，　關帝大吃一驚，帶箭回營，方知老將軍有百步穿楊之能. 這三日鏖兵，長沙太守韓玄都坐在城樓上觀兵，便責怪黃忠不射　關帝咽喉，而射盔纓，便將黃忠推出斬首. 偏將魏延為救黃忠，斬殺了韓玄，率眾開城投降　關帝，收復長沙. 我們從　關帝在黃忠落馬時，不殺他，叫他換馬再戰這一點看來，後人尊　關帝為「武聖」不是沒有道理的.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安十九年（西元二一四年），　關帝五十五歲，為爭荊州的主權問題，應東吳大都督魯肅之請，赴肅營與會，諸將勸勿往，帝曰：「必應邀，免示怯. 」遂赴約，即世稱之「單刀赴會」. 魯屯兵陸口（今湖北蒲圻縣），欲以兵強　關帝還荊州. 關帝在會談之中，知悉有變，乃挾持魯肅至江邊，吳兵皆不敢動. 關帝乃從容而回，沒有受到東吳的勒索.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">建安二十一年（西元二一六年）曹操自進為王，並於次年用天子車服出入警蹕. 當時孫權終於投降了曹操，北面事之. 而反抗曹操專政弄權，篡奪漢室天下的力量，只剩下劉先主這支勢力了. 為了不讓孫、曹有坐大的機會，劉先主與　關帝一面由漢中出兵，進窺許昌，一面由荊州出兵進攻襄樊. 建安二十三年（西元二一八年）　關帝五十九歲，所向皆捷，大軍包圍樊城. 曹操派于禁為征南大將軍，以龐德為先鋒，救援樊城. 關帝水淹于禁七萬大軍，斬龐德，唯攻樊城之際，右臂中毒箭，毒發，臂不能動，乃延神醫華佗前來醫治.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝卻毫不在乎，一邊飲酒下棋，談笑自若. 沒多久，華佗便將腐肉骨毒刮盡，敷上了藥，縫上了線. 關帝大笑地站起來對華佗說：「這臂膀現在可說完全復原了，絲毫不覺得痛苦，先生不愧是神醫！」華佗亦極佩服地說：「某為醫一生，未嘗見此，君侯真天神也！」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝之鬚有髯特長，爭戰時，常騰躍飛揚. 帝受難前夕，夜夢烏衣人辭曰：「余北海龍、附君乃助威猛，今將辭去. 」帝晨起，此特長鬚髯觸手而落，心悵然. 關帝被困麥城，遣廖化突圍，往上庸求救，守將劉封、孟達以「山城初附，民心未定，不敢造次興兵，恐失所守」為由，拒發兵往救，遂失援機. 諸葛瑾感帝忠耿，往麥城說降，　關帝曰：「吾乃解梁一武夫，蒙吾主以手足相待，安肯背義投敵國乎！城若破有死而已. 玉可碎而不可改其白，竹可焚而不可毀其節，身雖殞名可垂於竹帛也. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝    擬入西川，望臨沮小路走. 徑險，崎嶇難行，被東吳伏兵用長勾套索絆倒赤兔馬，致帝父子被擒. 孫權勸降，　關帝以不忠、不孝、不仁之語斥之，冬十二月遂與長公子關平同時遇害. 關帝遇害噩耗傳至麥城，王甫聞訃，墮城而死. 周倉將軍及左右偏將、軍士多人自殺殉主. 關帝升天十餘日後，主持偷襲荊州軍事計劃的吳將呂蒙無疾暴斃，二十餘天後，一代梟雄曹操亦暴斃.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">因關帝受害，孫權恐先主報復，故意將　關帝首級，星夜送與曹操，欲「嫁禍於曹」，當吳使呈上木匣，操開匣視之，見　關帝顏色如生. 操笑曰：「雲長公別來無恙？」言未畢，只見　關帝口開目動，鬚眉皆張. 操驚倒，眾官急救，良久方醒，顧謂眾官曰：「關將軍真天神也. 」

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">吳使又將　關帝顯聖附體，罵孫權追呂蒙之事告操. 操愈加恐懼，遂牲醴祭祀，刻沈香木為軀，以王侯之禮，葬於洛陽南門外（即今之「關林」）令大小官員送殯，操自拜祭，贈為「荊王」，差官守墓. 然而曹操在洛陽，自葬　關帝後，每夜合眼便見　關帝，操甚驚懼，從此臥病不起，不幾天一命歸陰了. 孫權嫁禍未成，反遭物議，惶恐萬分，乃以諸侯禮，葬帝遺體於湖北省當陽縣西漳鄉（即今之「關廟」）.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">關帝升天的第二年，亦即昭烈帝章武元年，劉先主親自率軍伐東吳，張翼德在征途中，為其部下所殺升天. 關帝升天後的第四年（章武三年），劉先主崩於永安（今四川奉節）白帝城. 劉先主明知北有曹魏重兵，東伐吳、越乃是軍事上的大忌；然而，當先主念及桃園結義之情，兄弟不同生願同死之誓時，便無心聽從諸葛亮的勸阻.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-align: justify; line-height: 24pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><span style="font-family: 標楷體; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">雖然先主伐東吳之願未成，以至後來吳、蜀都為曹魏所吞. 而曹魏雖有天下，不旋踵就落入他人之手，不但帝業不保，曹操父子也落得一個欺君篡國的惡名. 反觀劉、關、張兄弟處亂世，起義兵，原是在知其不可為而為，忠肝義膽的表現，使得千年萬世的後人們，對他們更為懷念和敬仰.

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