Zhuge Liang has no original calligraphy handed down from generation to generation. China's earliest extant calligraphy work is Ping Fu Tie written by Lu Ji in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In addition, the only handwriting left by Zhuge Liang did not write his great achievements, nor did he say his wisdom and strategy. What he said in his speech was kinship, because Zhuge Liang had no children in his early years, so his brother Zhu Gejin gave his son to Zhuge Liang as his adopted son, and Zhuge Liang loved this adopted son very much. And this post "Farewell Post" is a letter written by Zhuge Liang and his adopted son to his younger brother during the Northern Expedition.
As the calligraphy of Kongming, Yuan Luxury Post has been highly respected since the Northern Song Dynasty. Notes on cursive script in volume 13 of Xuanhe Pu Shu says: Since the Han, Jin and Song Dynasties, many people have been named after cursive script, and those who have been handed down to this day have followed their lives. Zhang Zhi in Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang in Shu. Cheerful and good at painting, but also like to make cursive characters. Although it is not called a book, its remains will be treasured by the world. The cursive script in today's imperial palace--yuan yi tie.
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang, also known as Kong Ming, was born in Langya Yang Du (now yinan county). Prime Minister of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, strategist, diplomat, writer, calligrapher and inventor. Zhuge Liang is the representative of loyal ministers and wise men in China traditional culture. He devoted himself to his life and died. The representative works of Zhuge Liang's prose include "Be a Teacher" and "Book of Commandments". Related inventions include wooden ox and flowing horse, Kongming lantern and the transformation of crossbow, which is called Zhuge Lian crossbow.
Zhuge Liang is not only brilliant, but also a representative of brave people. Whether it is a novel or an official history, he is the embodiment of a wise man and a loyal minister.
When Zhuge Liang was 46 years old, his own son Zhuge Zhan was born. According to historical records, Zhuge Zhan was only eight years old when Zhuge Liang died. But he was smart and cute since he was a child. He is good at painting and calligraphy and has a strong memory. When he grew up, he started as a junior officer and rose to the position of military adviser and general once held by his father.
Later, General Zhuge Zhan was appointed as an official of Wei. Wei once managed the affairs of Shu. When Wei's general Deng Ai marched eastward to Shu, Zhuge Zhan led the army to resist, refused to be lured by Wei Jun, and died in Mianzhu. At that time, his son, Zhuge Shang, was only seventeen years old and died in battle. When Zhuge Zhan was martyred, his second son, Zhu Gejin, was too young to join the army and fight, so he survived.
After the Jin Dynasty unified the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Gejin was moved to the Central Plains by the new dynasty to recruit talents. Zhuge Jing served as the order of Meixian county in the border area and managed it well. At that time, his grandfather Zhuge Liang tried to attack Meixian many times, but all failed. Unexpectedly, history played a little joke on him and made his grandson, whom he had never met before, the county magistrate here.
Zhuge Liang's eldest brother, Zhu Gejin, joined Dongwu in his early years and won the respect of Sun Quan. Later, officials reached the highest military positions such as generals. His eldest son, Zhuge Ke, was even more brilliant in Wu Guoquan at that time. Later, he died in a coup and the Zhuge family in Soochow was hacked to death.