What is the allusion to Liu Bei’s three invitations to Zhuge Liang?

Visit the thatched cottage three times.

The allusion comes from Zhuge Liang's "Shi Shi Biao" in the Three Kingdoms Shu Dynasty: "The late emperor did not regard his ministers as despicable, but he was in vain, and he looked after his ministers in the thatched cottage three times.

In the late Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Incident Then, the world was in chaos, Cao Cao took control of the court, Sun Quan supported Soochow, and the Han clan's Yuzhou pastor Liu Bei heard Xu Shu and Sima Hui say that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented, so he, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei brought gifts to Longzhong (today's Longzhong). West of Nanyang City in Henan Province (some say southwest of Xiangyang City in Hubei Province), Wolonggang went to ask Zhuge Liang to come out to assist him. It happened that Zhuge Liang was out that day, and Liu Bei had to go back disappointed.

Soon, Liu Bei went back with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He went to invite him for the second time despite the heavy snowfall. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out for a leisurely trip again. Zhang Fei was not willing to come back, so when he saw that Zhuge Liang was not at home, Liu Bei had to leave a letter to express his admiration for Zhuge Liang. and asked him to come out to help him save the country's dangerous situation.

After a while, Liu Bei was ready to invite Zhuge Liang again. Guan Yu said that Zhuge Liang may have a false reputation and may not have real talent. There is no need to go, but Zhang Fei insisted that he call him alone. If he didn't come, he would be tied up with a rope.

Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and talked to them again. The third time they invited Zhuge Liang, it was already noon and Zhuge Liang was sleeping. Liu Bei didn't dare to disturb him and didn't sit down to talk to each other until Zhuge Liang woke up.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". 》The process of writing the book

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Luo Guanzhong wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" based on Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" and Pei Song's annotations, absorbing folk legends, scripts, and opera stories. Published in the first year of Jiajing (1522), it is called the Jiajing edition and is titled "Historical Biography of Chen Shou, Marquis of Jin Pingyang, compiled by Luo Ben Guanzhong"

After the Jiajing edition, a large number of new editions appeared. They are all based on the Jiajing version, with only some illustrations, textual research, comments, additions and deletions of text, and arrangement of volumes and chapters. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Mao Lun and Mao Zonggang and their sons made some modifications to the Jiajing version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". , mainly to organize the review and revise the diction, etc. There are no major changes in the content.