Visiting the Maolu, also known as Visiting the Maolu, is a classic biography of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Zhi and Zhuge Liang. Now it is often used to express sincere invitation and visit sages with expertise.
From the winter of 207 to the spring of 208, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xinye (now Xinye, Henan), took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the thatched cottage where Zhuge Liang lived in Wolonggang, Nanyang, and asked Zhuge Liang to come out to help. From then on, it became a much-told story and gradually became an allusion.
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Idiom allusion source:?
Zhuge Liang, The Three Kingdoms Shu Kingdom, "A Model": I worked in Nanyang, and I didn't ask Wenda to be a vassal in troubled times. The first emperor didn't treat his ministers with meanness, and his accusation was self-defeating. He took care of his ministers in the thatched cottage and was grateful for what had happened in this world, so he promised the first emperor to drive him away. After the value was overthrown, when I was appointed to the defeated army, I was ordered to be in danger: I have been here for twenty years.
Historical background
At the end of the Han dynasty, the yellow turban insurrectionary revolted and the world was in chaos. Cao Cao held the emperor as a vassal, and Sun Quan as a vassal. Liu Bei, the imperial clan of the Han Dynasty, heard from Xu Shu and Si Mahui that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented, so he came to Wollongong, Nanyang with gifts together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and asked Zhuge Liang to come out for help.
It happened that Zhuge Liang went out on this day, and Liu Bei had to return disappointed, which was worrying.
Soon, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei braved the snowstorm and invited them for the second time. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out for a walk again. Zhang Fei doesn't want to come again. Seeing that Zhuge Liang was not at home, he urged him to go back. Liu Bei had to leave a letter expressing his admiration for Zhuge Liang and asking him to come out of the mountain to help him save the country's crisis. This is the second idea.
After a while, after eating vegetarian food for three days, Liu Bei was ready to invite Zhuge Liang again. Guan Yu said that Zhuge Liang may exist in name only, but he may not have real talent and learning, so there is no need to go. Zhang Fei, on the other hand, advocated that he should make a phone call alone and tie it up with a rope when he didn't come. Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and invited Zhuge Liang for the third time. When they arrived at Zhuge Liang's home, it was already noon and Zhuge Liang was sleeping. Liu Bei dare not disturb him. He stood until Zhuge Liang woke up and sat down to talk to each other. This is the third question.
In this dialogue, Zhuge Liang put forward the shanzhai strategy to Liu Bei and painted a strategic vision for Liu Bei. The strategy of "three points under heaven" was highly praised by Liu Bei. It was under the guidance of this strategic decision that Liu Bei established the Shu-Han regime, which stood in balance with Sun Wu and Cao Wei. This is also called "Cao Lu Dui" in later generations, and has since become the representative work of China's political and military strategy. In China's ancient strategic thought, "Cao Lu Team" has exemplary value.
Cao Lu reactor is considered as one of the greatest strategic concepts in the history of China, and it has important research value in political strategy and strategy.
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Baidu encyclopedia-three visits to the thatched cottage