DislikedThe author of 三国演义 罗贯中 is pro 刘备. So whoever oppose them are play down. If we take the author's bias aside and look carefully to all the events unfold, we can see many are not as what he discribed.
Eg 1: If 关羽 华容道 don't let go 曹操, the whole story have to rewrite.
Eg 2: when 刘备 first asked for help from 诸葛亮, he take whatever 诸葛亮 said and no question asked....Ignored
Chinese intellectuals = people who are well read, full argued, but no seat on board.