Zhuge Liang

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   AD 207Three Visits to the Thatched Cottageleader

   Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times at his thatched cottage in Longzhong to recruit him. Zhuge Liang proposed taking Jing and Yi provinces and allying with Sun Quan against Cao Cao — the plan to divide the realm in three.

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   AD 208Battle of Red Cliffsdiplomat

   The allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei burned the great fleet of Cao Cao, who had come south down the Yangtze, at Red Cliffs. Cao Cao’s bid to unify the realm was stopped, and the three-way division hardened.

3. AD 208Borrowing Arrows with Straw BoatsFictionleader

   A scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhuge Liang gathers a hundred thousand of Cao Cao’s arrows with straw-laden boats. It is not in the official history.

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   AD 221Founding of Shu Hanparticipant

   Liu Bei became emperor at Chengdu, claiming to continue the Han dynasty; historians call his state Shu Han or Shu.

5. AD 225Seven Captures of Meng HuoAnecdoteleader

   An anecdote from the Han-Jin Chunqiu: Zhuge Liang captured the Nanzhong chief Meng Huo seven times and released him seven times, until he submitted willingly.

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   AD 225Zhuge Liang’s Southern Campaigncommander

   After Liu Bei’s death, Zhuge Liang personally led an army south and put down the revolts in Nanzhong. The region’s goods and soldiers later supported the northern expeditions.

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   AD 228Battle of Jietingcommander

   On Zhuge Liang’s first northern expedition his vanguard commander Ma Su disobeyed orders and camped on a hilltop; Wei’s Zhang He cut off his water and routed him. Zhuge Liang withdrew and had Ma Su executed.

8. AD 228 – AD 234Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expeditionscommander

   Shu Han’s chancellor Zhuge Liang submitted his Memorial on Dispatching the Troops and attacked Wei five times. He achieved little and died in camp on the Wuzhang Plains in 234.

9. AD 234A Dead Zhuge Puts a Living Zhongda to FlightAnecdoterelated figure

   An anecdote from the Han-Jin Chunqiu: pursuing the Shu army after Zhuge Liang’s death, Sima Yi pulled back in alarm when it turned to face him.

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    AD 234Battle of Wuzhang Plainscommander

    On his last northern expedition Zhuge Liang camped on the Wuzhang Plains and faced Sima Yi for over a hundred days. Sima Yi refused battle; when Zhuge Liang died of illness, the Shu army withdrew.

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• Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223

  Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221

• Sima YiAD 179 – AD 251

  Wei general and minister, who held off Zhuge Liang’s northern campaigns and in 249 overthrew Cao Shuang, putting the Sima clan in control of Wei

• Cao CaoAD 155 – AD 220

  Chancellor and King of Wei in the late Han, who controlled Emperor Xian, defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu and unified the north, laying the foundation of Wei

• Zhou YuAD 175 – AD 210

  Sun Quan’s commander, who led the Wu forces that defeated Cao Cao at Red Cliffs in 208

• Sun QuanAD 182 – AD 252

  Founding emperor of Wu (Emperor Da), who allied with Liu Bei to stop Cao Cao at Red Cliffs and became emperor in 229

• Ma SuAD 190 – AD 228

  Shu Han officer who lost Jieting to Zhang He on Zhuge Liang’s first northern expedition in 228 and was executed for it

• Liu ShanAD 207 – AD 271

  Second and last emperor of Shu Han, who surrendered when Wei’s Deng Ai reached Chengdu in 263

Themes this person appears in

• The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280

  From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan