Zhuge Liang's Biography Illustrated Edition The Series of Famous People's Biographies

Author: Wu□
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Publish Date: 2001-10-03
Features: Achieving "sympathetic understanding" of success and failure. Without a worthy companion in wine, wine becomes tasteless; without a worthy opponent in chess, chess becomes dull. Readers, as onlookers, witness the battle between the two mighty, thereby refining and elevating themselves, drawing closer to the famous by a small step. Famous people writing biographies of fellow famous individuals, recording their successes and failures, thus also record history. By interpreting the biographies written by famous people about other famous individuals, understanding their successes and failures, thus also understanding history. Zhu Yuanzhang was born a poor tenant farmer and became a wandering monk. After joining the army, he became close to scholars and literati, acquiring a scholarly demeanor, engaging in discussions of the past and present. Due to his humble origins, he acted the part of the extraordinary, using divine doctrines to intimidate the common people, colluding with Taoists and monks, and fabricating many deeds. He could write prose, advocating that articles should be clear and straightforward, reflecting the way of nature and addressing current affairs. He was particularly knowledgeable about history. Studied the Spring and Autumn Annals and Zuo Zhuan with Song Lian, and the Huang Fan and Jiu Zhou with Chen Nanbin. He enforced the law strictly, ensuring orders were carried out without fail, personally overseeing every matter, without rest or holidays. He lived modestly, refusing to indulge in extravagance. He possessed great intelligence, excelling in strategy, seeing the bigger picture, acting decisively, and being particularly receptive to good advice, not being self-assured. His appearance was not very impressive, especially in his later years, looking, with a fierce expression. He hired many painters to create portraits, which were highly realistic but never satisfied him. Later, a clever man painted his portrait, which had some resemblance in outline but showed a gentle and benevolent face, which was finally considered just right.
Author Bio: Wu□ (1909–1969), originally named Chun'an, styled Chenpa, once used the pen names Xisheng, Wuxuan, Zhao Yan, Liu Mianzhi, and Liu Huizhi, was from Yiwu. In 1927, after graduating from the Seventh Middle School of Zhejiang Provincial Normal School, he served as a rural teacher. Later, he enrolled in the preparatory department of Zhijiang University. In 1929, he entered the university division of China University in Shanghai. In August 1930, he moved to Beijing, where he was recommended by Guo Haogang, a professor of the History Department at Yanjing University, to become an assistant curator in the Japanese-Chinese compilation and examination department of the university library. In the summer of 1931, he was admitted to Tsinghua University's history department, specializing in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and subsequently published in Tsinghua Quarterly, Yanjing University Journal, Central Historical Journal, and Tianjin...