Is “The Oath of the Peach Garden” true?
novel invention
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Guan Yu only records that 'the lord and the two men slept on the same bed, treating each other like brothers,' but there is no such event as the Peach Garden oath in official history.
Liu Bei
In official history, he is a bold and strategic hero with refined manners, while in the novel he is portrayed as a tearful, soft-hearted ruler who relies entirely on Zhuge Liang.