All kinds of stories about him are well known to women and children because the four classical novels sell well the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This article will not go into details, but only discuss the outcome of Zhuge Liang's descendants.
Zhuge Liang had no children in his early years, so he adopted Zhuge Qiao, the second son of his younger brother Zhu Gejin, as his adopted son, but Zhuge Qiao died young in 228 at the age of 25, leaving a son Zhuge Pan.
Later, Zhuge of Soochow (the eldest son of Zhu Gejin) was killed after a failed coup, leaving no children, and Zhuge Pan returned to Zhu Gejin.
In 227, when Zhuge Liang was 46 years old, his own son Zhuge Zhan was born. When Zhuge Liang died, Zhuge Zhan was only 8 years old.
Zhuge Zhan has been very clever since he was a child. In the 12th year of Jianxing (234), Zhuge Xian wrote to his younger brother when he was a martial artist, saying, "Zhan is eight years old, smart and lovely, and I don't think he will succeed early." (The History of the Three Kingdoms)
When Zhuge Zhan 17 years old, he married the princess of Shu, and Liu Chan, the queen of Shu, made him an official of riding a captain, which was slightly lower than the general's military attache.
The following year, Zhuge Zhan was promoted to the commander in the feather forest and was responsible for guarding the palace. After that, Zhuge Zhan was promoted all the way, and worked as a captain, assistant, servant and shooter in Shu, until his father became a strategist and general. Later, Zhuge Zhan was in charge of the state affairs of Shu.
In the winter of the sixth year of Jing Yao (263), on the eve of the demise of Shu, the western general Wargo led an army into Sichuan to attack Shu, and Zhuge Zhan led an army to resist. As a result, its vanguard troops were defeated by Wei Jun, and Zhuge Zhan had to retreat to Mianzhu.
At this time, Wargo sent a special envoy to persuade Zhuge Zhan to surrender and made a promise: "Surrender and be an evil king." (The History of the Three Kingdoms)
Zhuge Zhan was furious, determined to lead the army to death, and finally died in Mianzhu at the age of 37. As the son of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Zhan died bravely, perfectly practiced the motto of "remonstrate against death and fight with death" advocated by Confucianism, and became a loyal minister.
Zhuge Zhan's eldest son, Zhuge Shang, died with his father at the age of 17. Zhuge Zhan and his son can be regarded as a model of soldiers who died for their country in history.
Zhuge Zhan had a second son, Zhuge Jing, who survived because he was too young to join the army and fight.
Later, King ended the Three Kingdoms War and unified the world. Zhu Gejin was recruited as an official. He once served as the county magistrate of Yan County (now Meixian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province) in the customs clearance area, and he was well managed.
Strangely enough, Zhuge Liang tried to attack and occupy the county town many times, but all failed. Unexpectedly, history played a little joke on him, and his grandson Zhu Gejin, whom he had never met before, became the county magistrate here.
Zhu Gejin continued to be promoted after serving as the magistrate of Yan County, and finally went to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) to be a secretariat. But since then, there is no record of Zhu Gejin and his descendants in the history books.
So, does Zhuge Liang still have direct descendants to pass on to this day? In Linyi, Shandong Province and Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, there are two people who criticize Zhuge's surname. Both of them have their own genealogy and record their relationship with Zhuge Liang.