Mr. Shui Jing in the Three Kingdoms said: Although Kong Ming got his master, it was not at the right time. The meaning of this sentence is:

Zhuge Liang met a wise master like Liu Bei, but he was born in a troubled world, and it was inevitable to work hard all his life. In the end, Zhuge Liang returned without success and died of illness. illustrates this point.

Zhuge Liang devoted himself to being loyal to the Han Dynasty, but when he was loyal to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was actually an empty shell. Moreover, the regimes of Cao Wei and Sun Wu were very powerful at that time. If Zhuge Liang wanted to realize his own revival, The goals of the Han Dynasty can be said to be very difficult. This is the so-called failure to achieve the right time.

In this sentence, Kong Ming did not get it at the right time, not just referring to the time when Zhuge Liang defected to Liu Bei. The word "Shi" in "Wei De Qi Shi" refers to the time in the weather, which is the advantage that Zhuge Liang did not have the weather when he came out of the mountain. It was precisely because he did not have the advantage of good timing that he failed to make six trips out of Qishan. In the end, he died of illness on Wuzhangyuan, and finally ended up with the tragic ending of dying before he was born.

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In the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Sima Hui appears in Chapters 35 and 37.

After Liu Bei's horse leaped over Tanxi River, he met Sima Hui by chance. Sima Hui recommended Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to Liu Bei, and called Zhuge Liang "Wolong" and Pang Tong "Fengxiao". Liu Bei then stayed in the manor for the night. The next day, Sima Hui called himself "a man of idleness in the mountains" and declined Liu Bei's request for him to assist in the mountains. Soon, Zhao Yun led his army to find the village, and Liu Bei left with Zhao Yun.

Later, Liu Bei was about to visit Zhuge Liang, and Sima Hui wanted to visit Xu Shu, but Xu Shu had already fallen into Cao Cao's plan and went to Xuchang. Liu Bei mentioned to Sima Hui that Xu Shu had recommended Zhuge Liang, and Sima Hui once again recommended Zhuge Liang.