Deciphering the Three Kingdoms: What did Zhuge Liang do in ten years?

There is a saying in Zhuge Liang's most famous "A Teacher's Example" that China people probably don't know: I worked in Nanyang, but I risked my life in troubled times and didn't ask Wenda to be a vassal. The first emperor didn't treat his ministers with meanness, and his accusation was self-defeating. He took care of his ministers in the thatched cottage and was grateful for what had happened in this world, so he promised the first emperor to drive him away. After the boat capsized, I was appointed as the defeated army and was ordered to face danger. I have been here for twenty years.

So what did Zhuge Liang do in Nanyang?

197 years old, Zhuge Liang started his life in Nanyang. In 207 AD, Zhuge Liang was only 27 years old. This year, he met Liu Bei, a wise friend, and his career has changed a lot since then.

The establishment of Nanyang County began at the end of the Warring States Period. In the thirty-fifth year of the Qin Dynasty (272 BC), Nanyang County was established, and the county was governed by Wan, which is today's Nanyang City. Why is it called Nanyang The tradition of naming ancient place names is that water is north and Shan Zhinan is yang. Shan Zhinan Mountain, now Funiu Mountain; Water refers to Hanshui. Nanyang is located in Funiu Shan Zhinan, north of Hanshui River, so it is called Nanyang.

During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, Nanyang's military and political position was very prominent. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty, Nanyang's economic strength was second to none in the country. Han paintings reflected the economic development and aristocratic gathering degree of Nanyang at that time, which further proved the brilliance and uniqueness of Han culture in Nanyang. Due to Nanyang's political, economic, military and cultural status, historical celebrities such as Fan Li, Zhang Zhongjing and Zhang Heng have emerged, attracting Zhuge Liang to work in Nanyang.

"Geography of Hanshu" wrote: Wan, which is connected with Wuguan in the west, faces the river and Huai River in the east, is Huiji also. The prosperity of Nanyang is based on superior transportation and geographical factors. In addition to controlling the traffic on Wuguan Road, the traffic relationship between Nanyang and the eastern and southeastern regions is also worthy of attention. Nanyang, a special traffic geographical condition, was particularly prominent in the Han Dynasty. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the rise of political status and the rise of the southward migration tide, Nanyang, as the hub of the four links, has become more and more prominent as a transportation hub connecting the north and the south, and naturally has become an information center connecting various places.

Dozens of meters below Wollongong, where Zhuge Liang dedicated himself, was Vientiane Avenue, the main traffic artery between north and south at that time. It is by taking advantage of this traffic and information advantage of Nanyang that Zhuge Liang put forward a correct way to deal with the current situation by observing the changes of the current situation, comprehensively analyzing all kinds of information and always grasping the general trend of the world during his ten years in Nanyang.