About the scene of three visits to the thatched cottage in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei. Liu Bei had no choice but to seek refuge with Liu Biao. In order to get Liu Bei's counselor Xu Shu, Cao Cao lied that Xu Shu's mother was ill and asked Xu Shu to go to Xudu immediately. Before leaving, Xu Shu told Liu Bei that there was a genius named Zhuge Liang in Wollongong, Longzhong. If he could get his help, he could conquer the world.

The next day, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took gifts and went to Wollongong in Longzhong to visit Zhuge Liang. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang just went on a trip, and the book boy said he didn't know when he would come back. Liu Bei had no choice but to go back.

A few days later, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei braved the heavy snow and came to Zhuge Liang's home again. Liu Bei saw a young man studying and hurried over to salute. But that young man was Zhuge Liang's younger brother. He told Liu Bei that his brother was invited away by his friends. Liu Bei was so disappointed that he had to leave a letter saying that he was eager to get Zhuge Liang's help to calm the world.

New Year passed in a blink of an eye, Liu Bei chose a good day and came to Wollongong again. This time, Zhuge Liang happened to be sleeping. Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to wait outside the door, while he stood quietly at the foot of the steps. After a long time, Zhuge Liang woke up, and Liu Bei asked him for advice on how to pacify the world.

Zhuge Liang analyzed the world situation to Liu Bei and said: "Let Cao Cao occupy the sky in the north, and let Sun Quan occupy the territory in the south. The general can occupy the people and people, capture Xichuan to achieve a great cause, and form a three-legged alliance with Cao Cao and Sun Quan." When Liu Bei heard this, he was very impressed and asked him for help. Zhuge Liang agreed. Zhuge Liang was only 27 years old that year.

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The main characters who visited the thatched cottage three times

Introduction to Liu Bei

Liu Bei (161 AD - June 10, 223 AD) , named Xuande, was born in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. He was the founding emperor and statesman of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. Historians also call him the first master.

Young Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan studied under Lu Zhi, and then participated in suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising. Together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he rescued Kong Rong in Beihai and Tao Qian in Xuzhou. After Tao Qian died of illness, he ceded Xuzhou to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was displaced in his early days and took refuge with many princes. Later, he allied with Sun Quan to defeat Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, took advantage of the situation to seize Jingzhou, and then advanced to Yizhou to establish the Shu Han regime.

Chen Shou commented that Liu Bei was not as powerful as Cao Cao, but he was formidable and generous, knew people well and treated them well, was persevering, and eventually became an emperor. Liu Bei himself once said that when he does things, "every time he goes against his will, he will succeed." In 221 AD, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu. His country was named Han, his reign was Zhangwu, and he was known as Shu or Shuhan in history. He occupied what is now Sichuan, most of Yunnan, all of Guizhou, Hanzhong in Shaanxi and part of Bailongjiang in Gansu.

In 223 AD, Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City at the age of 63. His posthumous title was Emperor Zhaolie, his temple name was Liezu (some say Taizong), and he was buried in Huiling. There are many literary and artistic works in later generations with him as the protagonist, and there is Zhaolie Temple in Wuhou Temple in Chengdu to commemorate him.

Introduction to Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang (181-October 8, 234), also known as Kongming, also known as Wolong (also known as Fulong). Han nationality, a native of Langya Yangdu, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong), the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, strategist, essayist, calligrapher, and inventor. Zhuge Xuan died of illness in the second year of Jian'an (197). Zhuge Liang and his siblings lost their livelihood, so they moved to Longzhong, Deng County, Nanyang to "cultivate Longmu". He was named Wuxiang Marquis when he was alive, and Zhongwu Marquis after his death. The Eastern Jin Dynasty regime named him Wuxing King because of his military talents.

His representative prose works include "Chu Shi Biao", "Book of Commandments" and so on. He invented the wooden cow and flowing horse, the Kongming lantern, etc., and modified the repeating crossbow, called the Zhuge repeating crossbow, which can fire ten arrows with one crossbow. He died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji) in the twelfth year of Jianxing (234). Liu Chan gave him the posthumous title of Zhongwuhou, so later generations often addressed Zhuge Liang as Wuhou and Zhuge Wuhou.

Zhuge Liang "dedicated his life to death" and was a representative figure of loyal ministers and wise men in traditional Chinese culture.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage (an allusion in "Three Kingdoms")