This issue needs to be looked at from different angles, but one cannot completely deny a person, nor can one completely affirm a person. Zhuge Liang has always been a popular figure in Chinese history and among the people. This famous historical saying, "Give your best and die till you die" has influenced so many generations and has become the motto of so many people with lofty ideals! Regarding Zhuge Liang's evaluation, throughout the past dynasties, both the government and the public have surprisingly reached a consensus, and he has become a historical celebrity who rarely encounters criticism! The soul-stirring "Chu Shi Biao" written by Zhuge Liang back then has become an immortal masterpiece! The one who has the lowest evaluation of Zhuge Liang is probably Mr. Lu Xun's comment on Zhuge Liang: "He is so wise but he is almost a monster." In addition to the combination of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, Zhuge Liang's biggest characteristic is mainly reflected in the word "strategy". Zhuge Liang's ingenuity is outstanding, resourceful, and miraculous. He knows astronomy and geography, and he is also proficient in the ways of yin and yang. He can control the wind and rain, perceive all things in the world, strategize, use troops to master, and win hundreds of battles, winning thousands of miles away. Looking at Zhuge Liang's life, it can be said that for the sake of the Liu family's father and son's country, he was devoted, loyal, dedicated, and died. Until the death of the lonely soul of Wuzhangyuan, he still never forgot the Liu family's great cause of the country. If we use modern language to summarize and express it, Zhuge Liang's life was a life that has been tested for a long time, a life of struggle with people and nature, a life of revolution, a life of fighting, a life of selfless dedication, and a life full of wisdom. He can be regarded as a model military adviser, a model prime minister, an excellent prime minister and a master! In fact, there is a huge difference between the Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is more objective and real, and closer to the historical Zhuge Liang himself. These historians' evaluations of a generation of outstanding names and figures with outstanding talents are relatively objective and fair, and they are well-deserved. Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a tall, big, all-round heroic figure that has been romanticized and artistically packaged. It has been beautified and deified to the point where nothing can be added. In this way, under Luo Guanzhong's writings, Zhuge Liang transformed from a mortal into a god, became a god that the people were happy to accept, and became recognized as the most outstanding incarnation of the god of wisdom. If you put aside the layers of gorgeous clothes and dazzling brilliance draped on Zhuge Liang, and calmly read the history of the Three Kingdoms period, you will find a more real Zhuge Liang! As a counselor, a master, a strategist, and a prime minister, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei in fighting the three-legged world in the bloody storm and established the Kingdom of Shu. He made great military achievements and made great contributions! However, if you read the history books carefully, you will find that Zhuge Liang was not a victorious strategist who was sure to win every battle. Strategic and tactical mistakes abounded: the battle of the Empty City Strategy, which has been praised and praised by people for thousands of years, In fact, it was a war example of a major strategic mistake and a lucky win in tactics. If Sima Yi had seen through the truth of Zhuge Liang's empty city plan and led the army into the city, Zhuge Liang would have been killed by the sword or became a prisoner of the Wei army. The battle of the Empty City Strategy was a risky move that Zhuge Liang made miscalculated but had no choice but to make. Losing the Street Pavilion and beheading Ma Su with tears was another major mistake made by Zhuge Liang; six expeditions out of Qishan and six Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains all returned without success. Despite the unfavorable factors such as the right time and place, Zhuge Liang, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, The mistake is obvious! The biggest failure in Zhuge Liang's life was the complete destruction of Shu.
Although Liu Chan's capture and the demise of the Shu Kingdom were historical events that occurred after Zhuge Liang's death, Zhuge Liang, who often regarded himself as his father-in-law during his lifetime, was undeniably to blame and should bear considerable responsibility! We can't help but wonder, why did the Shu Kingdom, which had Zhuge Liang's uncanny calculations, outstanding prime minister and military advisor, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, fail to realize its ambition to unify the world, and ended up with the tragic result of ruining the country and destroying the family? Zhuge Liang's grand strategic ideal of unifying the world after establishing a three-legged alliance ultimately became an empty dream. Not only did he fail to unify the Central Plains, but even the Shu Kingdom that he personally helped to found was instantly wiped out. It was a tragedy for the Shu Kingdom. It is also Zhuge Liang’s biggest life tragedy! If Mr. Zhuge had knowledge under Jiuquan, I wonder what he would think? Did Zhuge Liang foresee the demise of Shu during his lifetime? Did he divine the complete defeat of himself and the Shu Kingdom? Who did Zhuge Liang lose to in the end? After the following research and analysis, we come to the following conclusion: Zhuge Liang was ultimately defeated by the timing and will of heaven, and God will never destroy Cao! In front of the giant wheel of providence that is rolling forward, any person's strategy and wisdom are insignificant and pitiful! What is providence? Public opinion also! The unjust wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, in fact, the continuous wars in the Three Kingdoms era were also unjust wars. The continuous wars launched by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others to compete for territory and cities brought extremely huge disasters and pain to the people, and the hearts of the people Si'an, people's peace of mind, became a symbol of public opinion in the Three Kingdoms era. What is providence? I secretly believe that God's will is the inherent law of operation and development in the movement of objects, substances, and things in the objective world of the universe. It does not change according to human will. It is latent and invisible, vast and irresistible. If you go with it, you will prosper, if you go against it, you will perish. Zhuge Liang's ambition to unify the Central Plains turned out to be an empty dream. His failure was due to the fact that the Shu Kingdom's comprehensive national and military power did not have the strength and conditions to unify the world. Coupled with many mistakes in strategy and tactics, it eventually led to inevitable and complete failure. It was divorced from objective and realistic good wishes and could not achieve the expected good results. Mr. Zhuge's ambition was unfulfilled, he died young, and he became the leader of China. One of the most tragic figures in history was an inevitable result under the specific historical conditions at that time. People can't help but ponder and ask, Mr. Zhuge, who has great scheming skills in the Shu Kingdom, is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, but in the end he ends up being subjugated? Why? God made a huge joke with Mr. Zhuge here - God will never destroy Cao! Liu Bei passed away alone in Baidi City. Zhuge Liang assisted his young master Liu Chan in governing Shu as his father-in-law. At this time, although Zhuge Liang was his father-in-law, he was actually the emperor of Shu but not the emperor. He had the power of regent, military and government, and was unique in the political arena of Shu. On the road, he was galloping around and was quite successful. After losing the street pavilion, his self-deprecation was just a show. His power was not reduced at all. He was still making waves in the political arena of Shu, and his prestige was still the same as before. Objectively speaking, during the years when Zhuge Liang governed the Shu Kingdom, he managed the Shu Kingdom quite well, improved its national and military power, and made brilliant achievements. But Zhuge Liang also made a major mistake at this time, which laid the foundation for the destruction of the Shu Kingdom - he completely ignored the cultivation and training of Liu Chan's political qualities. The son was unfilial and the father's fault. Liu Chan would be corrupt, incompetent and incompetent in the future. Zhuge Liang, his father, is to blame. When Zhuge Liang's Wuzhangyuan suddenly passed away, a vacuum inevitably appeared in the center of Shu's power. History truly pushed Liu Chan to the center of Shu's political power stage. Liu Chan, a mediocre and incompetent king who only knew how to indulge in pleasure, began to push the Shu Kingdom step by step into the abyss of national subjugation. How could the Shu Kingdom accomplish the great task of unifying the world when a mediocre emperor like Liu Chan, with no ambitions, was at the helm of the court? How can we not become the king of a subjugated country? God's will naturally turned to the ambitious and increasingly powerful Wei State. The one who destroyed the six kingdoms was not Qin; the one who destroyed Shu was not Wei, but Shu himself! It's Liu Chan himself! God's will is hard to disobey, Zhuge Liang was defeated by God's will in the end! Although Zhuge Liang failed to complete the great cause of Shu Han in the end, he was still a successful man!
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