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Liu Bei explained, 'Now that I have Kongming, I am like a fish that has found water. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were displeased with their relationship and complained about it. Afterwards, Liu Bei became very close to Zhuge Liang and often had discussions with him. Zhuge Liang presented the Longzhong Plan to Liu Bei and left his residence to follow Liu. This is contradicted in the later Annotations by Pei Songzhi which claim Zhuge Liang visited him first. He cannot be invited to meet you.' Liu Bei succeeded in recruiting Zhuge Liang in 207 after paying three personal visits. However, Xu Shu replied, 'You must visit this man in person. Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix are the only ones in this region.' Xu Shu later recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei again, and Liu wanted to ask Xu to invite Zhuge to meet him. When Liu Bei was residing at Xinye County and taking shelter under Jing Province's governor, Liu Biao, he visited Sima Hui, who told him, 'Confucian academics and common scholars, how much do they know about current affairs? Those who analyse current affairs well are elites. Zhang Feng's painting (1654) depicting Zhuge Liang reclining on a daybed Sima Hui compared Zhuge Liang to a sleeping dragon.

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I've an ugly daughter with yellow skin and dark complexion, but her talent matches yours.' Zhuge Liang agreed and married Huang Chengyan's daughter. Huang Chengyan once told Zhuge Liang, 'I heard that you're seeking a spouse. Zhuge Liang also maintained close relations with other well-known intellectuals such as Sima Hui, Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan.

Although few people took him seriously, Zhuge Liang developed close friendships with influential members of the local literati such as Xu Shu, Cui Zhouping, Meng Jian and Shi Tao. He had a habit of comparing himself to the sage minister Guan Zhong and military leader Yue Yi. He enjoyed reciting Liangfu Yin ( 梁父吟), a folk song popular in Shandong, his birthplace. Zhuge Liang grew to be a tall man (≈189 cm). When Zhuge Xuan was driven out of Yuzhang Commandery in 195, Zhuge Liang followed Zhuge Xuan to live with his friend, Liu Biao, the governor of Jing Province. As his father Zhuge Gui died when he was still young, he was raised by Zhuge Xuan (a cousin of Zhuge Gui) in Yuzhang Commandery. Zhuge Liang was born in 181 in Yangdu County, Langya Commandery (present-day Yishui, Shandong Province). His name – even his surname alone – has become synonymous with loyalty, intelligence and strategy in Chinese culture. Zhuge is a two-character Chinese compound family name. In remembrance of his governance, local people maintained shrines to him for ages. and attached great importance to the works of Shen Buhai and Han Fei, refusing to indulge local elites and adopting strict, but fair and clear laws. He liked to compare himself to the sage minister Guan Zhong, developing Shu's agriculture and industry to become a regional power. Zhuge Liang was a Confucian-oriented 'Legalist'. Zhuge Liang is often depicted wearing a Taoist robe and holding a hand fan made of crane feathers. His reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the nickname 'Wolong' or 'Fulong', meaning 'Crouching Dragon' or 'Sleeping Dragon'.

He is recognised as the most accomplished strategist of his era, and has been compared to Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War. He served as the chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhuge Liang ( pronunciation in PRC Standard Mandarin: ( listen) 181–234), courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese politician, military strategist, writer, engineer and inventor. Politician, military strategist, writer, engineer, inventor

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