Eastern Han Dynasty
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, a military strategist and statesman of the Shu Han Dynasty, had the courtesy name Kongming. There is also the character Kong Ming in "Water Margin". He is one of the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan, ranked 62nd, and is located among the evil stars. In 220 AD, the princes rose up and the world was in conflict. In the bamboo forest with beautiful mountains and clear waters, in the thatched cottage, a middle-aged man wearing a silk scarf on his head and holding a feather fan in his hand was sitting in the thatched cottage. His heart was concerned about the world, success or failure, and he had thousands of rivers and mountains in his mind. He said: "Those who have harmony will win the world." "Thus, the story of visiting the thatched cottage three times created a generation of great men. The following is the record of Zhuge Liang in "The Three Kingdoms in Detail". The evaluation of this book is very good. If you want to understand the characters of the Three Kingdoms, I suggest you buy "The Three Kingdoms in Detail" to read Zhuge Liang's story. Before he came out of the mountain, he was a very ordinary scholar. He had no grudges against Cao Cao and had no contact with Sun Quan.
Zhuge Liang’s life spanned two twenty-seven years. The twenty-seven years before 207 AD were the preparation stage for him to cultivate his moral character and resolve to serve the world. After he accomplished his studies, he did not go north to Cao Cao, nor did he return south to Sun Quan. Instead, he assisted Liu Bei, who was "little known". Although this was objective, it was not accidental. The reason why he chose the path of reviving the Han Dynasty shows that he is an orthodox thinker who upholds feudal principles and advocates Confucian loyalty and morality. The twenty-seven years from 207 AD to 234 AD were the period when Shuge Liang was loyal to Shu Han. Both the first master and the later master trusted him very much. He did not abide by Confucian dogma. He respected the king but did not resist the barbarians. He marched into Nanzhong, pacified the barbarians and Yue, and implemented the best national policy among the Three Kingdoms. He understood the law, upright his body, and the Wu and the army, and fought until the last breath of his life with the selfless dedication of "dedicate himself to death." His spirit of loyalty to the public and the country was deeply loved by the Shu people during his lifetime, and was admired by future generations for a long time after his death. It has become a legacy of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.