Zhuge Liang was born in the 4th year of Han Dynasty (A.D. 18 1), an official family in Yang Du (now yinan county, Shandong) of Langye County. Zhuge family is a noble family of Langxie, whose ancestor Zhuge Feng served as a captain of Li Si in the Western Han Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Jue, was named Simon and worked as a county magistrate in Taishan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang's 3-year-old mother Zhang died of illness and her father died at the age of 8. He and his younger brother Zhuge Jun followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan, who was appointed as the magistrate of Zhang Yu by Yuan Shu, to Zhang Yu. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Xuan was replaced by Zhu Hao, and Zhuge Xuan went to his old friend Jingzhou to shepherd Liu Biao.
In the second year of Jian 'an (AD 197), Zhuge Xuan died of illness. Zhuge Liang and his sister-in-law lost their livelihood and moved to Nanyang. One said that people in Xiangyang, Hubei (now Xiangfan, Hubei) lived in seclusion in rural areas and worked as farmers. In the fourth year of Jian 'an (A.D. 199), Zhuge Liang and his friend Xu Shu studied under Mr. Si Mahui, a water mirror. In order to eliminate the historical controversy left by Zhuge Liang's seclusion, Gu Jiaping, a native of Xiangyang, Hubei Province, who was the magistrate in Nanyang, Henan Province in the Qing Dynasty, wrote: "Merit lies in the imperial court, regardless of the original owner; There is no need to divide Xiangyang Nanyang. "
In the twelfth year of Jian 'an (AD 207), when Zhuge Liang was 27 years old, Liu Bei "visited the thatched cottage" and asked Zhuge Liang about his plan to unify the world. Zhuge Liang brilliantly analyzed the situation at that time, and put forward the strategic idea of seizing Jing and Yi as a base, reforming politics at home, uniting Sun Quan with foreign countries, helping Yi Yue in the south, invading the west and Zhu Rong in the west, and waiting for an opportunity to go north to unify the whole country. This speech is very famous. After listening to Zhuge Liang's incisive and thorough analysis, Liu Bei's thoughts were suddenly enlightened. He felt that Zhuge Liang's talents were rare, so he earnestly asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain and help him complete the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain to assist Liu Bei, joined forces with Sun to fight Cao, and Battle of Red Cliffs was defeated. Form the trend of the Three Kingdoms and seize Jingzhou. Jian 'an sixteen years, captured Yizhou. Then he defeated Cao Jun and won Hanzhong. In twenty-six years, Liu Bei established the Shu-Han regime in Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang was appointed as the prime minister to preside over state affairs. In the third year (AD 223), Liu Bei was critically ill, and later things were interdependent.
Liu Chan, the ruler in the last years of Shu and Han Dynasties, succeeded to the throne, and Zhuge Liang was appointed as the marquis of Wuxiang, who led Yizhou as a shepherd. Diligent and prudent, big and small political affairs must be hands-on, strict rewards and punishments, good relations with all ethnic groups in southwest China, reclamation, and strengthening combat readiness. In the fifth year of lite (AD 227), Shang Shu (a model) was in Liu Chan and led the army out of Hanzhong. He made six northern expeditions to the Central Plains, mostly with grain. Twelve years later, due to overwork, he died in the former army and entrusted Jiang Wei with the funeral.
For thousands of years, Zhuge Liang became the embodiment of wisdom, and his legendary story was told by the world. Zhuge Liang is ingenious, resourceful and thoughtful. "Liancrossbow" has been innovated, and it can continuously launch 10 arrows; Make "wooden cows and flowing horses" to facilitate military transportation in mountainous areas; He also derived Sun Tzu's Art of War and made an "eight-array diagram"
Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan was a celebrity at that time. Zhuge Jinshi, Zhuge Liang's younger brother, was in Wu at that time, worshiping the general and guarding the left, and leading the Yuzhou animal husbandry. Zhuge Dan, Liang's younger brother, is an official in Wei and an official in the official department. He was transferred to Yangzhou Secretariat, Town East General and Sikong. All three brothers are famous, each in a country. At that time, I thought, "Shu is a dragon, Wu is a tiger, and Wei is a dog" ("Shi Shuo Xin Yu Pin Zao" notes that dogs are "meritorious dogs". Although they can't be compared with dragons and tigers, they are also very meritorious, so they are famous.