Downward: Take West Shu, gather South Manchuria, and reject East, West and North. According to the records of China's army, Jin Mu's divinatory symbols were changed, and the water surface could be attacked by fire.
(1) Take Erchuan: (Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang to win Xichuan and repelled Cao Cao to win Dongchuan)
(2) Set up an eight-array diagram: (After Liu Bei defeated Wu, Zhuge Liang defeated Lu Xun's pursuers in the fish belly of Soochow)
(3) Six Outcomes: (referring to Zhuge Liang's six outings from Qishan to crusade against Wei)
④ Seven captures: (Zhuge Liang designed to capture Meng Huo, the leader of the Southern Barbarians, seven times when the Southern Middle School was pacified)
⑤ In front of Wuzhangyuan, 49 bright lights were lit: (referring to Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to Cao Wei, in Wuzhangyuan, he was seriously ill and deployed in the account.
Light forty-nine oil lamps)
⑥ Dedicated to Sangu: (It refers to Zhuge Liang's loyal crusade against Cao Wei in order to repay Liu Bei's kindness to Sangu's cottage)
⑦ Taking West Shu: (Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang in West Shu under the planning of Zhuge Liang and others, and captured the base area).
⑧ Deciding Nan Man: (refers to the rebellion in southern Sichuan ethnic areas, and Zhuge Liang led the army to put it down)
9 Reject the East and the North: (refers to Zhuge Liang's strategy of making peace with Sun Wu in the east and confronting Cao Wei in the north)
In the account of Zhongjun, Jin Mu's divination was changed: (referring to Zhuge Liang's strategic planning, his ability to master digital art and clever calculation. )
Fire can be attacked on the surface of the water: (referring to Battle of Red Cliffs and Zhuge Liang taking advantage of the east wind in 208 AD, Zhou Yu sent Huang Gai to surrender to Cao Cao and burned Cao Jun warships on the river, which won a great victory)
In this pair of couplets, the numbers 1 to 10 are embedded in the upper couplet, while the five faces and the five elements are embedded in the lower couplet, which highly summarizes Zhu Gekongming's life.
Collect two Sichuan (Dongchuan and Xichuan, which laid the foundation for the inheritance of Shu and Han), arrange eight arrays (the famous eight arrays, the battle of Yiling), Zhuge Liang predicted that Liu Bei would be defeated, so he set eight arrays of stone soldiers, and almost trapped Lu Xun in them. Thanks to Zhuge Liang's old father-in-law Huang leading the way, he barely escaped), six out (six out of Qishan, after Liu Bei died, in order to complete the great cause of helping Han, Zhuge Liang made six out.
Seven captures (Meng Huo captured seven, the Nan King rebelled, Zhuge Liang led the troops to suppress, in order to win back the Nan people's hearts, Meng Huo captured seven without killing, and finally persuaded Meng Huo to take orally, admired him, and vowed never to rebel).
Forty-nine lamps were lit in front of Wuzhangyuan (Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan for the sixth time and fought with Sima Yi in Wuzhangyuan, knowing that he was in poor health and would die soon), so he set up four or nine lamps and borrowed them from Heaven for another twenty years. Unconsciously, Wei Yan broke in and the four or nine lamps were blown out by the wind. Soon Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and he took care of himself.
Extended data:
Zhuge Liang (18 1-234) was born in Yang Du, Langya (now south of Yishui County, Shandong Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he avoided chaos and lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Nanyang (now the west of Xiangyang County, Hubei Province), and "cultivated Long Mu", comparing himself with Guan Zhong and Le Yi. In the 12th year of Jian 'an of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty (207), Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye (now Xinye County, Henan Province) and asked him to come out for help. He has to meet every three times.
When they met for the first time, he proposed to Liu Bei the policy of taking Jing and Yi as a career, linking Sun Quan in the east and resisting Cao Cao in the north. This is the famous "Longzhong Dui". From then on, he assisted Liu Bei in the great cause of recovering the Han Dynasty. In the third year of Zhangwu (223), Liu Bei was defeated in Xiaoting, died of illness in Baidicheng, and entrusted Zhuge Liang to organize his funeral.
After Liu Chan ascended the throne, the military and political affairs of Shu were decided by him. So he made up with Sun Wu and became an ally; Personal expedition Meng Huo, pacify the south; Rectify internal affairs, enrich military assets and prepare for the northern expedition to the Central Plains. In the fifth year of Jianxing (227), he was stationed in Hanzhong in the north, and went north year after year to "eliminate rape and murder and revive the Han family". Until he died in Weibin army in 234 AD, the cause of revival never succeeded.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuge Liang's Classic Couplet