Meet the Person #
His biography records refuge in Jing Province with his younger paternal uncle, farming, and Liu Bei's visits, during which he offered his assessment of the situation. During Cao Cao's southern campaign he went to Sun Quan and secured assistance. After Yi Province was settled he became Military Adviser General, and after Liu Bei's accession, Chancellor.
After Liu Bei's death, he managed Shu Han's military and political affairs, campaigned south, and launched repeated northern expeditions. In Jianxing 12 he advanced to Wuzhang Plains, confronted Sima Yi's army, and died of illness in camp. The novel's supernatural borrowing of the east wind is not a military technique in his biography.
Approximate sequence, not a timeline drawn to scale.
Limits of the Evidence #
The biography records the three visits and political and military activities; borrowing the east wind is separately compared in fictional and historical layers.
People and Relationships #
- Guan YuGuan Yu — Zhuge Liang: colleaguesSanguozhi, Volume 36, Guan–Zhang–Ma–Huang–Zhao Biographies ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
Asked by letter about Ma Chao's abilities.
- Zhao YunZhao Yun → Zhuge Liang: subordinate general (northern campaign)Sanguozhi, Volume 36, Guan–Zhang–Ma–Huang–Zhao Biographies ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
Advanced west upriver together into Shu; in the northern campaign, ordered to move through Jigu with Deng Zhi.
- Liu BeiZhuge Liang → Liu Bei: adviserSanguozhi, Volume 35, Biography of Zhuge Liang ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
After being sought out at Xinye: Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times, establishing an advisory relationship.
- Zhang FeiZhang Fei — Zhuge Liang: colleaguesSanguozhi, Volume 36, Guan–Zhang–Ma–Huang–Zhao Biographies ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
During Liu Bei's attack on Liu Zhang: entered Yi Province together upriver, separately pacifying commanderies and counties.
- Lu SuLu Su — Zhuge Liang: friendsSanguozhi, Volume 54, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng Biographies ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
Dangyang: met and formed a friendship, coordinating contact between Liu Bei's and Sun Quan's sides.
- Xu ShuXu Shu — Zhuge Liang: friendsSanguozhi, Volume 35, Biography of Zhuge Liang ↗
Related Deeds and Periods
Friends in Jing Province; Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei.
Related Historical Events (Not Personal Relationships) #
- Ma ChaoA reply assessing Ma Chao's abilities; not evidence that the two met.Sanguozhi, Volume 36, Guan–Zhang–Ma–Huang–Zhao Biographies ↗
- Huang ZhongAt the appointments under the King of Hanzhong: Zhuge Liang discussed with Liu Bei the issue of ranking Huang Zhong alongside Guan Yu and Ma Chao; this is not evidence of a meeting.Sanguozhi, Volume 36, Guan–Zhang–Ma–Huang–Zhao Biographies ↗
- Sun QuanDuring Cao Cao's southern campaign: sent by Liu Bei to Sun Quan to discuss joint resistance.Sanguozhi, Volume 35, Biography of Zhuge Liang ↗
- Liu QiJing Province: Liu Qi sought Zhuge Liang's advice on protecting himself.Sanguozhi, Volume 35, Biography of Zhuge Liang ↗
In This Book #
Specific chapters in which each figure appears will be cross-checked after QA of Shiji Sanguo's final manuscript; they are not filled in ahead of time.
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