Brief introduction of Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang (18 1-234), a native of Yang Du, Xuzhou (now yinan county, Linyi City, Shandong Province), was a prime minister in Shu and Han Dynasties, an outstanding politician, strategist, essayist and calligrapher. When he was alive, he was named Hou of Wuxiang, and after his death, he pursued loyalty to Hou of Wuxiang. The Eastern Jin regime made him the King of Wuxing.

Zhuge Liang devoted himself to the Shu-Han regime until he died. Representative prose works include An Example and A Book of Commandments. He once invented the wooden ox, the flying horse, the Kongming lantern and so on, and transformed the crossbow, called Zhuge Lian crossbow, which can hit all targets with one crossbow.

In 234, he died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji). Zhuge Liang was highly respected in later generations, becoming a model of loyal ministers and the embodiment of wisdom. Chengdu, Baoji, Hanzhong, Nanyang and other places have Wuhou Temple, and Du Fu wrote Shu Xiang to praise Zhuge Liang.

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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.

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