Whether it is the legend of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or the historical facts of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang will always be the only one.
As the embodiment of wisdom in the minds of Chinese people, he is destined to be praised by future generations. No matter how time passes, "Dedicate yourself to death" is always exciting and sonorous.
In the autumn of 234 AD, on the eighth day of October, this extremely talented prime minister died in Wuzhangyuan .
However, this autumn of Wuzhangyuan was full of all kinds of incredible things.
In the 12th year of Jianxing (234), Wuzhangyuan, Qishan, Shaanxi.
At this time, three years had passed since the last battle of Qishan. Zhuge Liang once again led his troops northward and began his fifth and final Northern Expedition. Zhuge Liang's opponent was still his lifelong enemy- Sima Yi.
died before he left the army, which made the hero burst into tears. This Northern Expedition eventually became a tragedy that will be lamented throughout the ages.
Zhuge Liang became ill due to overwork and died suddenly in Wuzhangyuan. The vigorous Northern Expedition to the Central Plains came to an end. From then on, Guanzhong and Qinling could no longer see any flag of the Shu Han.
However, what is incredible is that Sima Yi predicted Zhuge 's death.
The 130th chapter of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has such a plot, " Shang Shanggu Sima is trapped in Wuzhangyuan Zhuge Jingxing".
Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Sima Yi to send rouge , gouache and women's clothing to stimulate Sima Yi to fight.
As a result, not only was Sima Yi not angry, but he launched a counter-reconnaissance . He asked a question,
"How is Kong Ming sleeping, eating and doing things?"
The people sent by the Shu Han were also rough. Very, he answered casually,
"The prime minister is up early and sleeps all night, and punishes more than 20 people to see them in person. The food he eats is no more than a few liters per day."
Sima Yi asked the Shu Han envoy about Zhuge Liang's daily life.
The messenger said that the Prime Minister goes to bed late and gets up early every day. He will personally deal with any punishment of more than twenty strokes, and he only eats and drinks a few liters a day.
The dialogue between Sima Yi and the envoy was not fabricated by Luo Guanzhong. This incident was recorded in "Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals".
It’s just that Sima Yi’s final judgment is slightly different.
It is written in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that after hearing the envoy's answer -
Yi Gu said to the generals: "Kong Ming has little food and trouble, how long can he last?"
And "Wei's Spring and Autumn" is written very directly, Sima Yi only Said four words.
"Liang will die."
According to the story of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang also predicted his own death.
At that time, when Prime Minister Zhuge was seriously ill, he looked at the stars at night and saw his general star, "which was dim and shaky."
According to people's understanding at that time, every person on earth can correspond to a constellation in the sky. Moreover, the higher the person's status, the more important his constellation is.
If you see a star falling in the night sky, you can predict someone's death in a specific place based on the location of its fall and the division of the twelve stars in Kyushu.
It was precisely because he saw his general star crumbling that Mr. Zhuge felt that his life was not long, so after the Wuzhang Plain, and the seven-star lamp , Mr. Zhuge looked at the star and asked God to extend his life for ten years.
had no choice but to work hard and have no way to save his life. He could not violate his destiny and had no choice but to die.
So, did Zhuge Liang see the "General Star"?
You cannot refer to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for this question, because in later history books, there is indeed a record of a red flying star on Wuzhangyuan, which is quite interesting and worth talking about.
It is said that that night, a strange star appeared in the sky of Wuzhangyuan. The star emitted a strange red light and flew from the northeast to the southwest.
The "Jinyang Autumn " written by Sun Sheng of the Eastern Jin Dynasty records this vision -
"There is a star with red and radiant horns, which is thrown into the Liangying camp from the northeast and southwest. Three throws, and then return, toward the big, and then back to the small. . Ererliang died."
This red star came and went freely in the sky, flying back and forth three times, and changes in the size of the star could be observed.
In the end, when the star disappeared in the southwest sky, Zhuge Liang died.
Sun Sheng, the historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in about 302 AD and died in 374 AD. His age was only less than a hundred years later than Zhuge Liang.
Mr. Sun attached great importance to Shi De at that time. People think that his writing of history has the legacy of Dong Hu. The "Wei Shi Chun Qiu" mentioned earlier was also written by Sun Sheng.
Moreover, he was very knowledgeable and very disgusted with the superstition of gods and ghosts, which is interesting.
With Sun Sheng's character, he was able to write this very strange red flying star into the history books and associate it with Zhuge Liang's death. At least in his opinion, the "red flying star" is at least not a theory of ghosts and gods, and it is very credible. It is reliable, and even the various actions made during the flight, such as "throwing three times, returning again, going bigger, returning smaller", etc., are also well-founded.
So, is this red flying star a legend?
Is the disappearance of the flying star and the death of Wuhou really related?
I don’t know how many imaginary questions are hidden in the history books.
In the autumn of 234 AD, on the Wuzhangyuan, Wei Yan broke through the war. When the star turned on the lamp, Zhuge Liang "vomited blood several times and lay down on the bed". After asking about his funeral, he "fainted". After Li Fu asked about the funeral on behalf of the Lord of Shu, he suddenly passed away. , The sound of the Yao Qin and the feather fan is astonishing...
A year later, Zhuge Liang's designated successor Jiang Wei continued the Northern Expedition.
Although he occupied many places in Longnan, Gansu today, the "Northern Expedition to the Central Plains" was not successful. .
In 264 AD, thirty years after Zhuge Liang's death, the Shu Han was destroyed by Cao Wei , and Zhuge Liang's son died in battle
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