Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period has become synonymous with wisdom among Chinese people. For example, when evaluating a person without foresight in rural areas, they often say that he is "with hindsight." The story of Zhuge Liang's life is even more widely circulated among the people. For example, Kong Ming borrows the east wind, the straw boat borrows the arrow, the empty city plan and so on. This person is full of mystery and legend in history. However, in the Ming Dynasty in the history of our country, another man of great wisdom and wisdom appeared.
This person is Liu Bowen. He helped Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang create the Ming Dynasty. He was respected by future generations as a great army division of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, there is also a saying among the people: One-third of the world is Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bowen is the one under the control. The former army strategist Zhuge Liang, the latter army strategist Liu Bowen. It can be seen that the prestige of the two can be described as "passing on from ancient to modern"! However, everything has two sides, there are legends full of positive energy, and there are "negative" gossips.
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen were originally two people from different eras. Their abilities have been recognized by history. However, in history, there are people who want to compare these two figures hundreds of years apart horizontally to find out who is more powerful. This is actually unscientific. It can only allow some literati and writers of later generations to "write" some stories at will to win the curiosity of the audience. However, in history, some writers who wrote books are really "writing" a little outrageously.
It is said that Liu Bowen was jealous because of the worship of Zhuge Liang, so he made a special trip to excavate the tomb of Kongming. However, Liu Bowen hurriedly bowed down when he saw the five characters in Kong Ming's tomb. Did he really excavate Kong Ming's tomb? In fact, there are many versions of such short stories circulating among the people. It is said that after Liu Bowen excavated Zhuge Liang's tomb, he saw a stone stele which read "No one will be there when I arrive, only Berwen will be there."
Liu Bowen was shocked when he saw the five words "Only Bowen arrived", so he hurriedly bowed down in front of the stone monument. However, there is a legend in some folklore: It is said that when Liu Bowen went to dig the tomb of Kongming, the tomb suddenly split.There are two stone steles, one large and one small. The big stele is surrounded by a small stele. The small stele says: "I know that there will be Bowen in future generations, and who do you know is in future generations?" Liu Bowen was shocked. Lost and admired Zhuge Liang!
Because he really doesn't know "who will be in the future generations". Therefore, Bowen Liu gave up to continue digging the tomb and went back home. For such a short story, we only need to think about it dialectically, and we will find it a little absurd! Let's not talk about whether there is such a small stone tablet in Zhuge Wuhou's tomb. It is based on historical records: Since Liu Bowen was able to plan a strategy in his life to help Zhu Yuanzhang unify the world, his heart and mind is naturally beyond comparison.
Can he be separated from him by hundreds of years, and his bones are almost rotten, to dig the tomb of Kongming for the vulgar comments of the world? Furthermore, in the early Ming Dynasty, according to historical records, Liu Bowen was a clean and self-disciplined person. He was able to do no favoritism and cheat before the court. Could he do something illegal like digging a grave in private? In fact, the tomb of Zhuge Wuhou in history has always been visited and guarded by local officials and civilians.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were local officials repairing monuments for it! According to historical records, during the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Jian, the inspector of Shaanxi Province, erected a monument in front of the tomb of Zhuge Wuhou's tomb. Not to mention that his dignified founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen, would risk the world to commit such embarrassing things. However, some literati writers in history, in order to satisfy the people’s curiosity about these two mysterious figures in history, they invented some more mysterious "episodes" to make their legends more enchanting, and let people hear them. I adore them even more. From this point of view, it is understandable.
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