Due to Xu Shu's recommendation, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Longzhong to visit Zhuge Liang. For the first time, Zhuge Liang traveled far away. When he still didn't see Kong Ming the second time, Liu Bei left a letter and returned through the snow with regrets about not seeing Kong Ming. The third time, Zhuge Liang was taking a nap, and Liu Bei waited for him to wake up and change his clothes before finally meeting him. Zhuge Liang was moved by Liu Bei and agreed to go out.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out and the world was in chaos. Cao Cao took control of the court, Sun Quan supported Soochow, and Liu Bei, the shepherd of Yuzhou of the Han clan, heard Xu Shu and Sima Hui say that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented.
After Liu Bei learned about Zhuge Liang, he was even more eager to recognize such a talent, so he took two tiger generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and several followers, and rode to Longzhong, climbing over the mountains and ridges all the way. We just arrived at Zhuge Liang's retreat.
Seeing the elegant scenery surrounded by mountains, Liu Bei's admiration increased. Then he knocked on the firewood door, and after a while a clean, elegant and pure boy came out. The boy said that Mr. Zhuge went out and did not know when he would come back.
Liu Bei did not want to go back and waited for a long time. The boy politely asked him to come back many times. Liu Bei then thanked the boy and returned the same way. Liu Bei went back and forth three times in this way. Finally, he finally met Zhuge Liang.
When Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was determined to do things for the country and sincerely asked for his help, he came out to help Liu Bei establish the Shuhan Dynasty.
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Character introduction
Liu Bei
Liu Bei (161-June 10, 223), also known as Han Zhao Emperor Lie (reigned from 221 to 223), courtesy name Xuande, was a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). After Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, he was the founding emperor and statesman of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. Historians often call him the first master.
Liu Bei was generous, knowledgeable, and unyielding. His act of entrusting the country to Zhuge Liang before his death was praised by Chen Shou as a great success in ancient and modern times. Liu Bei was the protagonist in many literary and artistic works in later generations. Wuhou Temple in Chengdu is commemorated by Zhaolie Temple.
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang (181-October 8, 234), courtesy name Kongming and nickname Wolong, was a native of Yangdu, Langya, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong), and a member of the Three Kingdoms During the period, he was the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty and an outstanding politician, strategist, writer, calligrapher and inventor.
Zhuge Liang's representative works of prose include "Chu Shi Biao" and "Book of Commandments". 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. Zhuge Liang "dedicated his life to death" and was a representative figure of loyal ministers and wise men in traditional Chinese culture.
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