Whether in wisdom or morality. In terms of wisdom, since The Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out, Zhuge Liang has become a symbol of the wisdom of our Chinese nation. From the moment he appeared in Longzhong, Zhuge Liang's unique insight was reflected. After that, Zhuge Liang's wisdom was embodied in burning a new field, taking advantage of the east wind, outwitting three cities, three battles in Hanzhong, seven captures and seven verticals, and an empty city plan. As for the stone carvings used to stop Lu Xun, scare off Zhong Da with various dead Zhuge, and exhort Wargo, they are even more fantastic. Morally, the words "Do your best, die before you die" in Teacher's Watch are a portrayal of Zhuge Liang's life. As for some mistakes made by Zhuge Liang, after the description in the book, his personality is even bigger. After losing the street pavilion, he asked for a three-level demotion, was too meticulous in running the army, and was cautious in military affairs, all of which set off his advantages through his shortcomings. In a word, Zhuge Liang is an almost perfect image, both in ability and personality. Cao Cao is the negative image in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Because Liu was pushed against Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao appeared as a treacherous man. The most famous sentence is "I would rather teach me to be negative about the world than teach the world to be negative about me." , but also the image of the adulterer vividly portrayed. Stabbed Dong Zhuo and Meng De with a knife, killed the benefactor Lv Boshe's family, and held the emperor to make the princes, all of which were his treacherous acts. At the same time, Cao Cao is a talented person with both civil and military skills, which shows his political talents from recruiting volunteers, attacking Dong Zhuo, punishing Lu Bu and Guandu to defeating Yuan Shao. Cao Cao is also a person who attaches great importance to talents. He can reuse some people who used to be enemies, such as Jia Xu. In particular, it describes the admiration for Guan Yu, the gift of wine during the Hua Xiong War, and the bounty seal later, and even adopted a tolerant attitude towards leaving, which reflects Cao Cao's love for talents. Cao Cao is also a man of great literary talent. Tong Quetai's poem "A Short Song Line" fully embodies Cao Cao's literary talent, so he and his talented people are called "Three Caos". In a word, Cao Cao is a talented politician with both civil and military skills, but he has become a "treacherous man" because of some treacherous performances described in the book.
Zhou Yu, from the History of the Three Kingdoms to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, suffered a great disaster, and was described as a person with insufficient wisdom, clumsy and inferior to Zhuge Liang everywhere. But even so, people can still see the radiant image, from the fifteenth appearance to the fifty-seventh death. It is a romantic and elegant, intelligent and capable, but impulsive and simple-minded image of Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu's romantic elegance is not described much in the book, but Su Shi's poem Niannujiao. The image of black silk scarf of feather fan in Red Cliff Nostalgia is deeply rooted in people's hearts. When it comes to talents, it goes without saying that we have trained a first-class water army, made do with Jiang Gan, hardened with Huang Gai, and finally defeated Cao with fire. But in order to set off Zhuge Liang, there are many negative descriptions of Zhou Yu in the book. The first is against Cao Cao. The motive of writing Zhou Yu is narrow, but Zhuge Liang lied that Cao Cao intended to "take Er Qiao to the southeast and have fun with it." Make Zhou Yu resist Cao. Moreover, in Battle of Red Cliffs, he only played a supporting role, falling behind Zhuge Liang everywhere. Even in character, it seems too narrow-minded. If something happens, he will vomit blood. He is jealous of Zhuge Liang, a talented person, and has a heart to kill. At the same time, his death is precisely because of his backward intelligence and narrow mind. He lost the fruits of victory, lost his wife, dismissed the soldiers, and finally tried to earn each other, but even lost his life. Although these are inconsistent with historical facts, Zhou Yu had to be so "sacrificed" in order to set off Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei, Liu Bei in the book, is a kind, wise and upright elder. However, Lu Xun once criticized that it seems false to show Liu Bei's thickness. This sentence is very appropriate for Liu Bei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu preached: Liu Bei's majestic posture is not a person who has bowed to others for a long time. But Liu Bei in the book is too loyal and kind everywhere, giving people a false feeling. However, due to the admiration of Liu Bei in the book, the portrayal of Liu Bei is still positive. Liu Bei has a brave side, and Liu Bei's martial arts can be seen in Lu Bu's three British wars. However, in order to reflect the wise monarch, Liu Bei's virtue is emphatically portrayed. First of all, it embodies Liu Bei's loyalty, Liu Bei's loyalty to the Han Dynasty, the imperial edict of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, and his refusal to be emperor when the Han Dynasty was still alive. Secondly, it embodies benevolence, insisting on taking people across the river when Xinye itself is in danger. Third, it embodies righteousness and insists on revenge for the two sworn brothers after their death. Fourth, it embodies kindness. Many times, I have the opportunity to get it, but I can't get it. Fifth, it shows that we attach great importance to talents. The most outstanding performance is Zhao Yun's wrestling after riding the savior alone. The so-called folk proverb "Liu Bei cast his son-buy a heart". In terms of buying people's hearts, Liu Bei's crying is particularly prominent in the novel, so some people say that most of Liu Bei's mountains and rivers are crying. However, it is precisely because Liu Bei pays too much attention to such small virtues and ignores some great virtues. For example, in dealing with the deaths of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, too much emphasis was placed on brotherhood and national justice was neglected, which led to the defeat of Shu Han, and the revival of Han Dynasty was futile.