This suspicion is not unreasonable. Whether in Romance of the Three Kingdoms or History of the Three Kingdoms, there is a very puzzling phenomenon: Zhuge Liang, an eight-foot man, is handsome, with a black scarf and a feather fan, and is a handsome guy. But this tall and handsome guy always appears on the battlefield in a four-wheeled vehicle (sometimes by boat) ...
The four-wheeled vehicle looks like Zhuge Liang's wheelchair. Han Chun's "The Mystery of Zhuge Liang's Growth" tells a story spread in Mount Tai about the cause and effect of Zhuge Liang's foot disability.
According to Han Chun Wu's analysis, the place where Zhuge Liang is most likely to hurt his legs and feet is Taishan County. At that time, he was only 4 years old, and it was the time to be active. Taishan county is located at the foot of Mount Tai, surrounded by rugged mountains, and accidents are inevitable when playing.
It rained unexpectedly on Mount Tai. It is said that Zhuge Liang likes climbing mountains, and he likes climbing Mount Tai in his spare time. It rained lightly that day, and the teacher remembered that there were still three acres of thin land at home, so she needed to sow in the fields quickly, so she left her homework to the children at school and took a day off.
At this time, the children are like wild horses that are out of control. They finish their homework quickly and then play around freely. They climbed the mountain, you chased me, you hid, and danced until dusk. It's dark in the forest, and everyone is still very excited. They play the game of "big officials say, small officials fight, Zhang San runs, Li Si chases". Four children were assigned roles, and Zhuge Liang became Li Si. He must catch up with Zhang San, catch Zhang San and hand him over to the official. He is the winner. Zhang San is a big boy, half a head taller than Zhu Geliang. When he saw Zhuge Liang beside him, he ran away. Screaming, he climbed up the tree, hid among the dense branches and leaves, jumped down from the mountain stream and jumped up and down lightly like a monkey.
Not to be outdone, Zhuge Liang struggled to catch up. Suddenly, he found his opponent running along a path and hiding in a stone under the stone steps. Zhang San thought he was hiding and no one could find him. But he didn't want to. Zhuge Liang hid behind a big tree on the steps and saw it clearly. He hid his body with a tree and approached the steps. Suddenly, he jumped up and jumped off the mountain stream. He naively thought that as long as I jumped, I could jump on my opponent. Just when my foot landed, I lost my center of gravity, stepped on the moss, stumbled, and fell under a boulder with a bang. Zhuge Liang's feet hurt and he let out a cry and fainted.
By this time it was already dark. Several children saw Zhuge Liang disappeared and ran back to call adults. Zhuge Xuan took more than a dozen leaders up the mountain with torches to look for them. The silent mountain forest is full of people, echoing in the canyon. Dozens of people searched until midnight and finally met a Taoist boy. Upon inquiry, they learned that Zhuge Liang was rescued by the Taoist boy master and was being treated in the Taoist temple.
After the fall, Zhuge Liang did not rest at home. Instead, I jump up and down in the yard every day holding the wall, and sometimes I sneak into the street to play with crutches under the meeting of friends. As the saying goes, "bones move in a hundred days", Zhuge Liang's cracked condyle has not recovered because of excessive activity, but has grown into a deformity. After consulting, the doctor said, "I'm afraid the child's foot will fall and be disabled." You can't walk without crutches. "
Although the fall was not life-threatening, it left Zhuge Liang with a lifelong disability. Of course, Zhuge Liang is not very lame, but at least he can say for sure that he can't walk. The condyle of the foot is where the foot and leg connect. Once injured, walking and standing are difficult to last. Zhuge Liang's habit of sitting with his knees folded probably stems from this.
Some people think that Zhuge Liang's leg and foot disability may be due to his wet and cold legs when he was plowing in Longzhong, because he was transplanting rice in the field. This possibility is not great, because Zhuge Liang was taken care of by Liu Biao and Liu Qi at that time, and his dozens of acres were cultivated by boy servants, so it is unlikely that he would often go to the fields himself.
Wu also analyzed other possibilities that led to Zhuge Liang's leg and foot disability, perhaps during his two escapes in his youth. Once, in order to avoid your pursuit, he fled from Yang Du to Huainan with his father to find Zhuge Xuan; On another occasion, after Zhuge Liang's father died, Zhuge Liang went to Zhang Yu as a "pseudo-satrap" with his uncle Zhuge Xuan. Finally, Zhuge Liang and his younger brother Zhuge Jun fled to Jingzhou for Liu Biao.