During the Three Kingdoms Period, many all-powerful historical figures left a deep impression on people with their own characteristics and strengths. If we talk about the whole picture of the characters, Zhuge Liang is the most impressive one.
Zhuge Liang is particularly impressive. The key is the unity of his ability and political integrity, his career and personality. Outstanding talent, paying attention to virtue and standing upright are the most revered places of Zhuge Liang among all the figures in the Three Kingdoms.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms focuses on Zhuge Liang's wisdom, which is one aspect of his talent. However, the Romance depicts Zhuge Liang's wisdom in a somewhat outrageous way, which is mixed with many superstitious elements. "It looks like Zhuge's wisdom is close to the demon"? Lu Xun's language, on the contrary, destroyed Zhuge Liang's image to a certain extent. Historically, Zhuge Liang's talents have been manifested in many aspects, especially in politics, military affairs and diplomacy. He also made some inventions, such as "Eight Arrays"? The way of arranging troops, "wooden cows and horses"? Labor-saving means of transportation, which is also mentioned in his own collection. It can be seen that he still has some scientific minds.
A person with outstanding talents who can contribute his talents to the society will naturally be respected and loved by people. Zhuge Liang not only has talent, but also has virtue, which is the most admirable thing. He felt Liu Bei's knowledge and "devoted himself to death", which showed not only a kind of loyalty, but also a kind of morality. He was faithful and sincere to Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Liu Bei trusted and praised him, and Sun Quan admired him. When Sun Quan reunited with Shu Han, he praised Prime Minister Zhuge for "believing in Yin and Yang and sincerely moving heaven and earth." In order to realize the ideal of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, he persevered in his pursuit, which is also a code of conduct. He was in charge of politics in Shu, everything was out of public interest, rewards and punishments were fair and strict, and he was honest and clean, which fully showed his valuable qualities as a politician.
Zhuge Liang's virtue, talent and personality are deeply respected and admired by people in the contemporary era. Even his old rival Sima Yi praised him as a "genius in the world". The descendants of Sima Yi became the emperors of the Jin Dynasty, talked with his officials about Zhuge Liang, and sighed: If only I had a prime minister like Zhuge Liang.
People have worshipped Zhuge Liang for more than 1,7 years, but when it comes to Zhuge Liang, some places are not in line with his reality. For example, studying in Longzhong is described as seclusion, and choosing a wife is described as climbing.
Longzhong is not a recluse
Zhuge Liang was born in the turbulent era of the late Han Dynasty? Born in 181 AD. When he was four years old, the Yellow Scarf Uprising broke out. His mother died early, and his father died when he was eight years old. The family mainly depended on his uncle Zhuge Xuan for a living. When he was about fourteen years old, Zhuge Xuan was appointed Yu Zhang by Yuan Shu, the military commander of Yangzhou? Today, the governor of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Zhuge Liang accompanied him. Soon, Zhuge Xuan was driven away by Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by the imperial court, and took Zhuge Liang to Jingzhou to take refuge in his old Liu Biao. By 197, when Zhuge Liang was seventeen years old, his uncle also died. So Zhuge Liang settled in Longzhong and lived there for ten years until Liu Bei came out of the mountain in the winter of 27 AD.
Being displaced in troubled times and witnessing social unrest and people's sufferings has played a certain role in Zhuge Liang's growth, but he was still young at that time, and his real growth was during the period from seventeen to twenty-seven.
People used to call this period the seclusion period in Longzhong. In fact, the word "seclusion" is not exact for Zhuge Liang. At that time, Zhuge Liang was only seventeen years old, far from seclusion, and had no capital for seclusion at all. He didn't live a Tao Yuanming life in Longzhong either.
The direct reason why Zhuge Liang went to Longzhong was to earn his own living and study. At that time, Zhuge Xuan went to Jingzhou with Zhuge Liang's two sisters and one brother. Zhuge Xuan was Liu Biao's chief of staff, and the two had a good friendship, so Zhuge Liang's life was naturally not a problem. After Zhuge Xuan died, their lives were not lost, and Liu Biao took care of them. His elder sister, Zhuge Xuan, was married when she was alive, and she was married to Kuaiqi from a famous local family. If it's just a matter of living, Zhuge Liang and his younger sister and brother can go to their older sister. Zhuge Liang didn't want to rely on others to live, so he decided to go to Longzhong to study, which showed a young man's ambition and a spirit of self-reliance.
Longzhong at that time was not a barren hill, but the location of Deng County, Nanyang County, Jingzhou? Deng County was abolished in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The book "The Spring and Autumn Period of Han, Jin and Jin" written by Jin people is very clear: "Liang's home is in Dengxian County, Nanyang, 2 miles west of Xiangyang City, nicknamed Longzhong." Dengxian county is between Nanjun and Nanyang counties in Jingzhou, and it is very close to Liu Biao's office. Zhuge Liang can study and visit relatives and friends here, which is very convenient for foreign exchanges.
When Zhuge Liang and his brother and sister went to Longzhong, they chose a mountain village to settle in a "thatched cottage", plowing the fields, studying and making friends with the scholars. This period played an important role in his growth. First, he studied and learned, and constantly enriched himself. The second is to make friends, learn from each other and broaden their views; The third is to learn from teachers, ask for advice with an open mind, and increase talents.