Allusions and anecdotes about Zhuge Liang

Three visits to the thatched cottage

Xu Shu enthusiastically recommended Zhuge Liang (also called Zhuge Kongming) to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was very happy and decided to visit At that time, Zhuge Liang was living in seclusion in Longzhong outside Xiangyang City. Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Longzhong. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang went out and did not see him.

A few days later, Liu Bei braved the situation again. Feng Xue went to visit, and Zhuge Liang went on a leisurely trip with his friends again. Liu Bei was a little disappointed not to see Kong Ming twice, but in order to achieve his great cause, he was eager to ask for talents, and despite Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's complaints, he arranged a third visit. Zhuge Liang did not go out this time, but he still took a nap in the thatched cottage and did not wake up. Liu Bei humbly stood on the stone steps and waited until Kong Ming woke up.

Zhuge Liang served Liu Bei. Moved by his sincerity, he agreed to go out to assist Liu Bei, and finally achieved a great success. "Three visits to the thatched cottage" was later used to describe a sincere invitation to someone, and sometimes it also meant that it took multiple visits to see the person.

< p>Like a fish in water

Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and invited Zhuge Liang (Kong Ming) to come out of the mountain. He "eat at the same table and sleep on the same couch". He talked about world affairs all day long and regarded Kong Ming as his teacher. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei saw this and was very unhappy, so he said to Liu Bei: "Kong Ming is young, what talent do you have? Brother, you treat him too much, and you haven't seen him show any ability!"

< p>Liu Bei persuaded them and said: "I have found Kong Ming, and I am like a fish in water. There is no need to say more about my two brothers."

"Like a fish in water" is used to describe getting someone who agrees with you or finding someone who is suitable for your career development. environment. For example: Professor Li invited Zhang Ming as his assistant, and he felt like a fish in water. The progress of the research project accelerated and difficulties were overcome one after another.

New Officer

New Officer Shortly after Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei to Xinye, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to lead 100,000 troops to Bowang City and approached Xinye. Liu Bei called Guan and Zhang to discuss meeting the enemy. Zhang Fei originally He was not convinced by Liu Bei's statement that "Kong Ming is like a fish in water", so he said angrily: "Brother, why don't you just send "water" to meet the enemy?" Liu Bei said, "Intelligence depends on Kong Ming, and bravery depends on my second brother, how can I shirk the blame?" Liu Bei shouted Kongming commanded the battle. Kongming was afraid that Guan Zhang and others would not obey the order, so he asked for Liu Bei's sword and seal to show that he was in control of the army. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed. Kongming sent troops to attack Cao's soldiers at Bowangpo and defeated Xiahou. Dun.

This beautiful victory made Guan and Zhang begin to admire Zhuge Liang, and since then they have sincerely followed his orders. There is a review poem in Chapter 39 of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" praising Zhuge Liang: "Bao Wang maintains a stalemate. Use fire to attack, command as you wish, and laugh at it. It is necessary to shock Cao Gong's courage, the first achievement of the fledgling!" The idiom "fledgling" originally said that Zhuge Liang won the war when he first took over the military power after he came out of the mountain. Later, it was used to describe the person who had just entered the social work. Lack of practical experience. For example: Although he may be considered a "freshman", he has a lot of drive and is willing to learn humbly. He quickly became familiar with the business and made achievements.

Tips and tips

Sun Quan In order to control and kidnap Liu Bei, he accepted the "beauty trap" proposed by Zhou Yu, pretending to betroth his sister to Liu Bei, whose wife had just died, and deceived Liu Bei into going to Nanxu to recruit a bride. Then he planned to put him under house arrest and use him as a hostage, and then sent people to Recapture Jingzhou. Liu Bei met Sun Quan's envoy, but he was suspicious, but Zhuge Liang told him to go boldly with confidence, saying with full confidence that he would "use a little trick to make Zhou Yu unable to do anything; Wu Hou's sister is also the lord, so Jingzhou is absolutely safe" ." And asked Zhao Zilong to escort Liu Bei. Before leaving, Zhuge Liang called Zhao Zilong to him, handed him three tips, and whispered to him: "You should accept these three tips to protect the Lord when he enters Wu. There are three tips in the bag. You can implement the clever plan in order." Zhao Zilong followed the plan and forced Sun Quan to marry his sister and make the lie come true. Later, he escorted Liu Bei and Mrs. Sun to leave Wu safely and escape from the tiger's mouth. "Brilliant plan" is now used to describe a timely solution to emergency problems. Method.

For a moment Yuliang

Zhou Yu always wanted to kill Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, but his plans were destroyed by Zhuge Liang one by one, Chapter 51 of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Chapter 56 describes the story of "Kong Ming's Three Qi Zhou Gongjin". Zhou Yu was narrow-minded and had arrow sores on his body that had not yet healed. He was so angry that he finally died. When he was dying, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Now that I have given birth to Yu , He Shengliang!" It means "Since there is Zhou Yu, why do we need another one?

Where's Zhuge Liang?" From this story, the idiom "for a moment Yuliang" is derived, which refers to two people who exist at the same time with equal talents and abilities but compete with each other.

Seven Captures and Seven Verses

After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Chan in ascending to the throne, and the Kingdom of Shu prospered. At that time, several counties in the Nanzhong area (now south of the Dadu River in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou) rebelled. Zhuge Liang personally led an army to crusade. The war was victorious, and in the end Meng Huo, the leader of Nanzhong, continued to resist. Zhuge Liang learned that Meng Huo was not only brave in fighting, but also very famous among the tribes, so he decided to focus on winning over Meng Huo.

Zhuge Liang was good at using tactics and captured Meng Huo alive in the first confrontation. He persuaded Meng Huo to surrender, but Meng Huo was not convinced, and Kong Ming did not force him, so he let him go and let him compete again. That's it. , captured and released, released again, and captured Meng Huo seven times. By the seventh time, Meng Huo was finally convinced and no longer rebelled. Zhuge Liang ordered Meng Huo and the tribal leaders to continue to manage the original area and not send out any troops. Officials and troops were not left behind, which allowed the Han people and other ethnic groups to live in peace for a long time, stabilized the rear of the Shu Kingdom, and created conditions for the Northern Expedition with "no worries". "Capture" means to capture, and "vertical" means to release. "Seven captures seven "Zong" is a metaphor for being sure of defeating the opponent and controlling the opponent strategically.

Indifferent to Mingzhi

When Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang for the second time, he entered the thatched cottage. When I arrived at the middle gate, I saw a couplet written on the door: "Indifferent to clear aspirations, tranquility and distance." It means to use indifference and simplicity to show one's ambitions, and to use calmness to stay away from fame and fortune. This couplet expresses Zhuge Liang's An aspect of moral cultivation. Zhuge Liang's "Jie Zi Shu" uses a double negative expression: "Without indifference, there is no clear ambition, and without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal." The meaning is still the same.

Zhuge Liang and Wudang Shan

Zhuge Liang, a native of the Three Kingdoms period, was born in Yangdu County of Langye Kingdom (today's Yinan County, Shandong Province). When he was fourteen years old, his three siblings followed their uncle Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhang County (today's Yinan County, Shandong Province). Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province), and soon followed his uncle to Xiangyang to join Liu Biao. After the death of his uncle, Zhuge Liang, his three siblings, bought land and settled down in a place called Longzhong, more than 20 miles west of Xiangyang City.

< p>Zhuge Liang was extremely talented and lived in Wolonggang in Longzhong. While working hard, he studied hundreds of schools of thought and showed great intellectual talent. According to "The Collection of Zhuge Liang", Zhuge Liang made friends with many famous people in Jingzhou at that time and humbly asked for advice. ,, and his knowledge became more and more extensive. Sima Hui, a famous ancient scholar at that time, was known as Mr. Shui Jing. He taught Taoism in Xiangyang and had many disciples.

According to "Xianjian" records, Sima Huiyin Seeing that Zhuge Liang had a talent for managing the world, he said to him: "With your talent, you should visit famous teachers again to enrich your knowledge." Calyx Gongjiu of Lingshan, Runan, is familiar with politics and military strategy. I often ask him for advice, and he We can never finish learning the knowledge, you can ask him humbly for it." Zhuge Liang was very happy, and he followed Sima Hui to worship Caijiu as his teacher.

Zhuge Liang lived in Caijiu for a year, and Caijiu But Zhuge Liang didn't teach anything, but Zhuge Liang still served his teacher respectfully. It was not until Caijiu decided that Zhuge Liang was indeed a student with both academic and moral excellence that he finally transferred the "Secret Seal Script of the Three Talents", "Array of War Formation" and "Luxu Xiangwang Wang" to Zhuge Liang. "The books were taught to him one by one. These books included Taoism, astronomy and meteorology, and military art. Most of them were knowledge that Zhuge Liang had never touched before, which benefited him greatly.

Number of books A month later, Caijiu saw that he had understood the mystery of the work he was taught, so he recommended to him: "There is Wudang Mountain in Nanjun. This mountain has seventy-two peaks, thirty-two rocks, and twenty-four streams. The scenery is strange." , Tianzhu Peak and Zixiao Peak are the highest in the mountain. There are many Taoist masters who live in seclusion between these two peaks. Among them, the most famous Arctic leader is proficient in Liujia Secret Texts such as "Lang Shu", "Jade Book", "Ling Fu" and so on. And the Five Elements Taoism. What you learn from me is mainly the art of war, but not the Taoism. This is obviously not enough. If you continue like this, you will fall into the extreme leftist trend. Therefore, I will take you to worship the leader of the North Pole. Master, study the Taoism more deeply."

So, Zhuge Liang followed Caijiu to Mount Wudang.

After the leader of the Arctic Cult accepted Zhuge Liang as his disciple, he also treated him a lot. As a test, he was asked to chop wood, carry water, and eat Huangjing every day. After living like this for a long time, and seeing that he was sincere, he was taught Taoism. Then he was asked to go down the mountain to travel. After that, Zhuge Liang also visited Caijiu again. and the leader of the Arctic Church, but in the end found nothing, so he continued to cultivate in Longzhong in hiding.

Sima Hui knew that Zhuge Liang's great weapon was ready, so when Liu Bei later visited Sima Hui to inquire about world affairs, Sima Hui asked him

The first recommended talent for governing the world was Zhuge Liang. After that, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and Zhuge Liang worshiped him as the Prime Minister of Shu, finally showing a series of touching experiences of political and military genius.

According to descendants, Kaolongzhong , Wollongong, there seems to be a dispute between Nanyang and Xiangyang. According to the "Zhuge Liang Collection", "The Liang family was located in Deng County, Nanyang, twenty miles west of Xiangyang City, and was named "Longzhong"", which should be considered today's Xiangyang. There are two reasons: first, Xiangyang was under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County at that time, so it should be called Nanyang; second, Xiangyang borders today's Yicheng County, and Yicheng has a place name called Denglin. Its name has a long history. During the Three Kingdoms, Denglin may have been named Deng County, it is very likely that Longzhong will be under the jurisdiction of Deng County.

According to Taoism, there are differences between being born in the world, living in the world, practicing in seclusion, and governing the world. Zhang Zifang of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms can be said to live in the world and govern the world. Judging from Zhuge Liang's life deeds, he learned a lot of Taoist knowledge from Caijiu and Beiji Cult Leader, including politics, military, astronomy, calendar, medicine, seal script, etc., which helped him assist Liu Bei in making Throughout his career in the world, he performed to the best of his ability. But the only thing he failed to learn was the art of refining and cultivating gods, so he died of illness before he could live long. Perhaps this was because his Taoist master saw him as a person who could rule the world, and There is an ambition to govern the world, so it is the result of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude!

A few words about Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang conquered Meng Huo - collecting, collecting, releasing and releasing

Zhuge Liang played the piano - The plan comes from the heart

Zhuge Liang's goose feather fan - unpredictable

Zhuge Liang's three qi Zhou Yu - a little trick

Zhuge Liang borrows an arrow - there are Borrowing money without repayment

Zhuge Liang beheaded Ma Di with tears - looking after the overall situation

Zhuge Liang wants an ugly wife - for the sake of career

Zhuge Liang wants a wife - talents are more important than appearance

Zhuge Liang’s use of troops - elusive and invisible

Zhuge Liang’s bag of tricks - clever calculations

Zhuge Liang’s countermeasures for Longzhong - foresight

Grass Boat Borrowing arrows - the more the better

Borrowing arrows from a straw boat - enjoying the harvest

Borrowing arrows from a straw boat - returning home with a full load

Zhuge Liang borrowing arrows from a straw boat - using Suspicious military plan

Zhuge Liang's straw boat borrowing arrows - confident

Zhuge Liang's filial piety - just pretending

Zhuge Liang's filial piety - not sincere

Zhuge Liang uses the empty city strategy - a last resort

Zhuge Liang sings about the empty city strategy - there is no way

Zhuge Liang is a military advisor - he lives up to his name

Zhuge Liang is a military advisor - there are many ways

Three cobblers - Zhuge Liang

Liu Bei went to Wollongong three times - just to invite you, Zhuge Liang

Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang - have a different temper

It's not a "cobbler" but a "general"

(Liu Yuqin)

As the saying goes, "Three cobblers are as good as Zhuge Liang". After using it for countless years, I actually thought it was " The theoretical basis of "the humble are the smartest", or the motto of "wisdom comes from brainstorming", even the "Chinese Idiom Dictionary" published by Shanghai Education Press explains it this way. When I have nothing to think about, I always feel that something is not true. , Zhuge Liang was a politician and military strategist of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. He knew astronomy and geography from the top, and lived in seclusion in Longzhong. Liu Bei visited his thatched cottage three times to invite him out, and proposed to occupy Hunan, Hubei, and Sichuan to gain the support of the rulers of all ethnic groups in the southwest and join forces with Wu. The major policy and strategy of resisting Cao Cao and unifying the country, which is the famous "Longzhong Dui". Borrowing arrows from a straw boat, the Battle of Chibi, capturing Meng Huo seven times, and increasing the longevity of the star... We will not distinguish these events for now. Which are stories and which are historical facts? Just the invention of two military technologies, "Liannu" and "Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse", shows that Zhuge Liang is by no means comparable to the cobbler, whether there are three or thirty. The "Liannu" can Shooting ten arrows in one breath is like the current rocket launcher that can fire twenty or forty shells in one breath. Maybe the inventor of this rocket launcher borrowed the principle of the "continuous crossbow", or was influenced by this. Inspired by the principle. Let’s talk about the “wooden ox and stray horse”. It is actually a semi-mechanized cart made of wood that looks like an ox and a horse. It can transport military supplies easily and quickly on the winding mountain roads of the ancient battlefield. I don’t know how many people have been saved. Urgent, how many difficulties have been solved! How can such talented, powerful, and intelligent people be compared to the three cobblers! The master cobblers who make fur coats, leather bags, leather shoes, leather trousers, and fur hats are compared with Zhuge Liang, no matter from what point of view they are. Knowledge, ambition, skills, theory, practice... are not all the same. "We have different paths and do not seek each other." They can talk to Zhuge Liang together.

Did he discuss the classics and Taoism, plan world affairs, and even make military inventions?

Occasionally, I heard someone say that these "three stooges are more powerful than Zhuge Liang" may be rumors, so I hurriedly flipped through the book and started reading. The word "Pijiang" was found in the pí part of "Cihai". "Pi" means auxiliary, that is, "deputy" or "bias". "Pijiang" refers to deputy generals in ancient times. This is right - "Three stinky Pijiangs" ", even better than Zhuge Liang". Only when the three lieutenants who often worked beside Zhuge Liang and cooperated with Zhuge Liang were brainstorming were they comparable to Zhuge Liang. Over the years, people have changed "Pi General" to "Cobbler". It is really a great injustice and disrespect to Zhuge Liang. As for the word "stinky", I think it should not be used as an adjective, but as a smooth musical scale!