Zhuge Liang, greatly beautified by The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, became the embodiment of well-known wisdom. But recently, more and more people criticized Zhuge Liang, saying that he was "unwise and silent". As for ci, I think we should make a correct evaluation of Zhuge Liang. Although Zhuge Liang used soldiers as gods, he was not a god after all, so he certainly had shortcomings, and the main shortcoming was the personnel problem. Especially his views on Wei Yan. Wei Yan surrendered to Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang actually said according to his physiognomy that he would rebel before long. How ridiculous. Although Kong Ming failed to kill Wei Yan, he was biased against Wei Yan and thought he was unfaithful and unjust. But is Wei Yan like this? Actually, it is not. Although Wei Yan was constantly excluded by Kong Ming, he still worked for Shu in the central government, and made many remarkable achievements: beheading Xinmeile Co., Ltd. and disembowelling it, which proved that Wei Yan was a talent that could not be ignored. What Kong Ming made the most mistake was that he left the trick of killing Wei Yan without any foundation. Zhuge Liang's mistakes in personnel include that Ma Su guarded the street pavilion, which led to the failure of the first northern expedition to the Central Plains, and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou. In a sense, Zhuge Liang did it himself. In terms of knowing people, Liu Bei is obviously superior to Kong Ming.

Of course, Zhuge Liang also has many advantages. After Liu Bei visited the shanzhai, he said, "Like a duck to water". This shows that Zhuge Liang is indeed a wizard. Zhuge Liang can strictly observe military secrets and attack them unprepared. Besides, he is far-sighted in his work. Zhuge Liang asked Liu Qi to guard Jiangxia, in fact, in order to implement his own strategic thinking. Because Zhuge Liang knew that Xinye Town could not stay forever. He asked Liu Qi to guard Jiangxia, not only to save Liu Qi, but also to pave a retreat for avoiding Cao Jun in the future. There are also three tips left by Kong Ming when he arranged for Liu Bei to go to Dongwu to get married, so that Liu Bei can return to Jingzhou safely. One more thing, which is Zhuge Liang's best fighting strategy: let Guan Yu let Cao Cao take the Huarong Road. Why is he great? Wouldn't it be nice to kill Cao Cao? Actually, it is not. If Cao Cao is killed on Huarong Road, Sun Quan will take the opportunity to occupy the north. When Sun Quan becomes strong, Liu Bei will have no place to live, not to mention the three kingdoms, and the Han Dynasty will be revived. Therefore, on the one hand, Kongming let Guan Yu let Cao go, on the other hand, he let Cao Cao contain Sun Quan, which shows that Kongming is really a rare general. Moreover, Zhuge Liang does not fight unprepared wars. Knowing yourself and yourself, he can skillfully make different plans for each other's psychology and weather season, such as "cursing Wang Situ to death", "breaking the western Qiang soldiers" and "borrowing the east wind skillfully".

Some people say that Kongming has no talent as a general, so I want to ask, if Kongming has no military talent, how can he explore the Central Plains if he helps Liu Bei to enter Sichuan? What's more, it even criticized the model as rubbish. First of all, the words in Example are impassioned and inspire future generations. Secondly, it reflected the thoughts of people in Shu at that time. If it is the garbage of feudal period, it can only be said that the present era is different from that era, and people's thoughts are different. Therefore, when we evaluate things, we should mainly consider the general expectations of people at that time. Zhuge Liang proposed the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains at that time, which was consistent with people's idea of unifying China, so Kongming's action was highly praised by people. Therefore, when we evaluate historical figures, we should correctly analyze them from different angles, and we should not completely deny his leadership ability at that time because of some mistakes. Didn't Cao Cao once fail in Chibi and Hanzhong? But people still think he is a hero in troubled times. Then people can't say that Kong Ming is not wise because of a little mistake.

To sum up, Zhuge Liang's political talent is unparalleled, and his military talent is also extremely high, but he is still slightly inferior to his political talent. Therefore, Chen Shou's evaluation of Zhuge Liang's "long reign will be slightly shorter" is a correct and cautious comment.