History live broadcast: My audience is the ancestors

Su Yue looked at He Le's comment section, feeling relieved and said, "Okay, let's talk about Cai Lun. The next one is the heavyweight! He is Prime Minister Zhuge who dedicated his life to the revival of the Han Dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang (181 AD - October 234, 10), courtesy name Kongming and nickname Wolong, was a native of Langya Yangdu (now Yinan County, SD Province). He was the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period and an outstanding statesman, strategist, and inventor in ancient China. writer.

Zhuge Liang followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou in his early years. After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong.

When Liu Bei relied on Liu Biao in Jingzhou, he visited the thatched cottage three times. Zhuge Liang proposed to Liu Bei that he occupy Jingzhou and Yizhou and join forces with Sun Quan to fight Cao Cao's "Longzhong Duel". Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's strategy and successfully occupied the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou, forming a three-legged confrontation with Sun Quan and Cao Cao. trend.

In the first year of Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor and appointed Zhuge Liang as prime minister.

After Liu Bei failed in the battle of Yiling against Wu, Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang alone in Yong'an.

After Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, he named Zhuge Liang "Marquis of Wuxiang" and led Yizhou as pastoralist.

Zhuge Liang was diligent and prudent, handling all political affairs personally, with strict rewards and punishments; he allied with Soochow to improve relations with all ethnic groups in the southwest; he implemented the policy of farming and strengthened war preparations.

He made five Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains, but failed to achieve the goal of reviving the Han Dynasty.

He eventually became ill due to overwork and died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, BJ City, SX Province) in the twelfth year of Jianxing (234) at the age of fifty-four.

The later master Liu Chan was posthumously named "Zhongwuhou", and later generations often used the honorific title "Wuhou".

Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was posthumously named "King Wuxing".

Zhuge Liang's representative prose works include "The Master's Guide" and "The Book of Commandments".

He invented the wooden ox and flowing horse, the Kongming lantern, etc., and modified the repeating crossbow, called the Zhuge repeating crossbow, which can fire ten arrows with one crossbow.

Zhuge Liang "dedicated his life to death" and was a representative figure of "loyal minister" and "wise man" in traditional Chinese culture.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: When I was a child and I put on the Kongming lanterns, I never thought about its origins!
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: who said it was not the case? Such a powerful light made me draw a reply!
Wuduyi: Hahahahaha! What kind of disaster did you cause to the Kongming Lantern upstairs?

Who in the clouds sent a brocade book: I can only say that Zhuge Liang would kill me if he saw it

I send my longing to Mingyue: It’s not like that, Zhuge Liang is still very gentle to his juniors!

Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Hahahaha, I hope so
I can't sleep at night (Guan): By the way, I remember that Zhuge Liang's repeating crossbow was very powerful, right?

Netizen 1234567890: Yes
Su Yue looked at the comment section that was constantly praising Zhuge Liang and said, "Okay, let's take a look at the anecdotes of Zhuge Wuhou!"

Eight Swords of Shu Lord

According to the Records of Ancient and Modern Swords, in the first year of Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei mined iron ore in Jinniu Mountain and cast eight swords. One sword was worn by Liu Bei himself, and the remaining seven were given to Liu Chan, Liu Yong, Liu Li, Zhuge Liang, and others. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun.

Each sword was given a nice name, and Zhuge Liang was asked to inscribe on the sword.

After the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, the whereabouts of the Eight Swords, the Lord of Shu, have been unknown.

Later, Zhuge Liang's sword Zhang Wujian was acquired by Li Shigu. Li Shigu took the sword as his own and renamed it Shigu Sword.

Related inventions
Zhuge Liang has won the hearts of the people in Sichuan. Residents in many places in Sichuan still have the habit of wearing white cloth until modern times. It is said that it is Zhuge Liang who wears mourning for more than a thousand years.

In Gao Cheng's "Shijiyuan", it is recorded that when Zhuge Liang was marching south, a wind blew up and he could not cross the river. Meng Huo said that this was the work of a rampant god, and that as long as human heads and livestock were sacrificed, everything would be calm. But Zhuge Liang felt that using human heads was too cruel, so he kneaded flour into human heads and mixed them with beef, sheep and other meat instead, and called them steamed buns. (There is another saying that steamed buns were invented by Zhang Fei when he was conquering Shu).

In addition, it is said that when Zhuge Liang was serving as the military adviser, in order to solve the food problem, he asked the people about the cultivation method of a wild vegetable called "Cranjing" at that time, and ordered the soldiers to start planting Cranjing to supplement the army's rations. Later generations called this vegetable For Zhuge Cai.

There are also legends that Zhuge Liang had another son, Zhuge Huai, and a daughter, Zhuge Guo.

During the Jin Dynasty, descendants of famous officials from the Han Dynasty were invited to serve in the capital, but Zhuge Huai declined and became self-sufficient and died at home.

It is said that Zhuge Guo practiced Buddhism and became an immortal in the southwest of Chengdu.

Residents in mountainous areas used to use Kongming lanterns to send messages. According to legend, this was passed down by Zhuge Liang.

It is also said that Zhuge Liang invented a bronze drum called "Zhuge Drum" during his southern expedition. He could cook during the day and sound the alarm at night.

There are many existing idioms, such as "After the fact, everything is clear", which means waiting until the incident has passed before making various lofty opinions and thinking that one is a prophet; there are also "three stooges, better than Zhuge Liang", which means to describe the greatness of collective wisdom.

In Yunnan (the land in the south during the Three Kingdoms period), there is a legend among the Wa people that Zhuge Liang taught their ancestors to build houses and weave bamboo baskets; a legend from the Dai people says that the roof of the local Buddhist temple hall was modeled after Zhuge Liang's hat.

Kong Ming chooses a wife
Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, heard that Zhuge Liang wanted to get married, so he went to Zhuge Liang and said to him: "I heard that you want to choose a wife. There is an ugly girl in my family. Although her hair is yellow and her skin is dark, her talent can match yours."

So Zhuge Liang agreed to the marriage and married Huang Chengyan's daughter.

Zhuge Liang's marriage to an ugly wife was ridiculed by people at the time, and a proverb was circulated because of this: "Don't be like Kong Ming in choosing a wife, or you will get an ugly girl like Acheng."

But there are also theories that Huang Yueying is actually a beauty, and Huang Chengyan deliberately described Huang Yueying as an ugly girl in order to test Zhuge Liang.

Three Kingdoms
From 201 to 208 AD, Liu Bei occupied Xinye and worked together with Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to achieve great goals.

Zhuge Liang was deeply aware that the army had to march and fight, and it was difficult to live in a fixed place and buy food. So he devoted himself to research and experiments and invented saozi. It was praised by the soldiers as an emergency food in wartime and was later introduced to the people.

stingy with forgiveness
Some people criticized Zhuge Liang for being stingy in forgiving others' crimes.

Zhuge Liang replied: "The world should be governed with justice and benevolence, and one should not give out inappropriate favors at will.

Therefore, Kuang Heng and Wu Han ruled the country and did not think that pardoning crimes without reason was a good thing.

The late Emperor (Liu Bei) also said: I once interacted with Chen Yuanfang (Chen Ji) and Zheng Kangcheng (Zheng Xuan). From their words, we can gain insights into the rise and fall of the world and the governance of chaos. However, they never talked about how to forgive sins and govern the country. Another example is that Liu Jingsheng and his son (Liu Biao and Liu Cong) offer amnesty to criminals every year, but what good does it do to govern the country?

Later, Fei Yi came to power and adopted a strategy of appeasement and amnesty, which weakened the Shu Han's national power.

Charisma
Sima Yi once wrote to Zhuge Liang and mentioned that Huang Quan, the minister of the Shu Han Dynasty who surrendered to Wei, often sat up to praise and speak about Zhuge Liang, even without bothering to offend his words.

When Sima Yi himself was fighting Zhuge Liang, he sent people to secretly check on Zhuge Liang. He saw Zhuge Liang riding a plain chariot, wearing a Ge scarf and holding a white feather fan, commanding the advance and retreat of the three armies.

When Sima Yi heard about it, he sighed: "You can be called a famous scholar."

Later, when Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was conquering Shu, he met a minor official who was over 100 years old when Zhuge Liang was alive and asked who Zhuge Liang could be compared with today.

The clerk replied: "When Mr. Ge was here, I didn't notice anything strange. Since Mr. Ge's death, I haven't seen anything like him."