Zhuge Liang: courtesy name Kongming, nickname Wolong (also known as Fulong), (181-234), Han nationality, native of Langya Yangdu, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong), prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, outstanding Politicians, military strategists, essayists, calligraphers, and inventors. He was named Wuxiang Marquis when he was alive, and Zhongwu Marquis after his death. The Eastern Jin Dynasty regime named him Wuxing King because of his military talents. His representative works of prose include "Chu Shi Biao", "Book of Commandments", etc. He invented the wooden cow 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. He died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji) in the twelfth year of Jianxing, that is, 234.
Pang Tong (179-214), named Shiyuan and Fengchu, was born in Xiangyang, Jingzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei Province) during the Han Dynasty. An important counselor under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period, he was worshiped as military advisor Zhonglang General with Zhuge Liang. He went to Sichuan with Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei and Liu Zhang broke up, he proposed three strategies, upper, middle and lower, and Liu Bei took them into consideration. When he entered Luoxian County, Pang Tong led his troops to attack the city. Unfortunately, he was killed by a stray arrow. He was only thirty-six years old at the time. He was posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Guannei, with the posthumous title of Jinghou. Later, the place where Pang Tong was buried was named Luofengpo.
Fazheng (176-220), courtesy name Xiaozhi, was a native of Fufeng County (now Xiaofayi Town, Mei County, Shaanxi Province). Originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang, Liu Bei persuaded Liu Zhang to surrender when he besieged Chengdu. Then he and Liu Bei marched into Hanzhong and offered a plan to behead Cao Cao's general Xia Houyuan. Fa Zheng was good at making clever plans and was deeply trusted and respected by Liu Bei. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei ascended the throne as Queen of Hanzhong and was granted the title of Shangshu Ling and Protector General. The following year, Fazheng died at the age of forty-five. Liu Bei was very sad about Fazheng's death and cried for several days. He was posthumously named Yihou and was the only minister with a posthumous title in Liu Bei's era. Fazheng was good at conspiracies and was praised by Chen Shou as being comparable to Cheng Yu and Guo Jia of Wei.
Jiang Wei (202-264), courtesy name Boyue, was a native of Ji County, Tianshui (now southeast of Gangu, Gansu). A great general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. When he was a boy, he lived with his mother and liked the teachings of the Confucian master Zheng Xuan. Because his father Jiang Ji died in battle, Jiang Wei was appointed as the lieutenant of the county. [1]
During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Jiang Wei was suspected of having different intentions. Jiang Wei had no choice but to surrender to Shu Han and was reused by Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wei inherited Zhuge Liang's legacy and continued to lead the Shu Han army in the northern expedition to Cao Wei. He fought many battles with Cao Wei's famous generals such as Deng Ai, Chen Tai, and Guo Huai. Later, because many ministers in Shu opposed Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, and the eunuch Huang Hao took over power, Jiang Wei failed to kill him, so he had to take refuge in Tazhong's farmland. Later, Sima Zhao attacked Shu in five ways, and Jiang Wei held the sword pavilion to stop Zhong Hui's army. , but Deng Ai attacked Chengdu from Yinping, and Liu Chan surrendered. Later, Jiang Wei hoped to revive the Shu Han Dynasty on his own, and pretended to surrender to Wei general Zhong Hui, intending to use Zhong Hui to rebel against Cao Wei and realize his wish to restore the Han Dynasty. However, Zhong Hui's rebellion failed in the end, and both Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui died in the rebellion. , lived to the age of sixty-two. In Luo Guanzhong's "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Jiang Wei is described as committing suicide