Is Liu Bei an imperial clan of the Han Dynasty?
Because Liu Bei was an imperial clan of the Han Dynasty, many people had a special feeling for the Liu Bei Group and thought that Liu Bei was the spokesman of the Han Dynasty. In fact, there are great doubts about Liu Beihan's clan identity. Liu Bei claimed to be a descendant of Wang Jing in Zhongshan. Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing, has more than 20 sons, many of whom he doesn't know.
It has been 386 years since the birth of Wang Jing and Liu Sheng in Zhongshan and Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, during which he also experienced the change of follwed and the revival of martial arts.
Although Liu Bei took out the so-called genealogy to testify, Liu Bei's status as Wang Jing after Zhongshan is still ok because of his age. Moreover, the ancestors of the royal family and Liu Bei in the Eastern Han Dynasty were "a family three hundred years ago", and the blood relationship between the two sides has been very distant.
Is Zhuge Liang really a "restoration of the Han Dynasty"
If Liu Bei is not a descendant of Wang Jing of Zhongshan, then Shu Han can't crusade against Cao Wei under the banner of "recovering the Han family". In fact, judging from what Liu Bei has done, Liu Bei is by no means a real person who "restored the Han Dynasty", and Zhuge Liang is not a person who really wants to "restore the Han Dynasty".
After Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was forced to abdicate, Liu Bei even sent his funeral to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty 14 years in advance in order to realize his dream of becoming emperor. Xian Di was the orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei's public mourning for his late emperor has exposed his ambition.
It is enough to see from Liu Bei's mourning for Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty that neither Liu Bei nor Zhuge Liang really want to "restore the Han Dynasty", but just want to revitalize their own Shu Han.
The purpose of Zhuge Liang's northern expedition
The purpose of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was to give Shu Han a chance to live. There is a big gap in strength between Shu Han and Cao Wei. In order to revitalize Shu Han and let Shu Han survive under the attack of Cao Wei, Zhuge Liang must expand abroad. However, the comprehensive national strength of Shu Han and Dongwu is not as good as that of Cao Wei. Once Shu Han goes to war with Dongwu, it will inevitably compete for the interests of fishermen.
Zhuge Liang wanted to expand the strength of Shu Han and let Shu Han survive under the oppression of Cao Wei, so he had to attack Cao Wei.
Zhuge Liang's attack on Cao Wei, on the one hand, can try his best to expand the strength of Shu Han, on the other hand, can also attack the strength of Cao Wei, which can be said to be an act of killing two birds with one stone, and is by no means "knowing that it is impossible to do it"
abstract
"Recovering the Han Dynasty" is a slogan of Shu-Han Northern Expedition, and the propaganda significance of this slogan is greater than the actual significance. The influence of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition on Shu Han was also positive. Although Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition did not achieve the goal of eliminating Cao Wei, it weakened the national strength of Cao Wei and won the living space for Shu Han. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition is not "doing what you know you can't do", but what Shu Han must do in order to survive.