In folklore, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen are gods who know astronomy from above, geography from below, omnipresent, and omniscient. There are many legends about the two men, which is a good talking point for the people after tea and dinner. In terms of merit, after Liu Bowen went down to the mountain to assist Zhu Yuanzhang, he wrote a statement of the Eighteen Strategies for Current Affairs, participated in the planning of military plans such as pacifying Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyu, and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and finally helped Zhu Yuanzhang to seize the world.
Therefore, Liu Bowen was not convinced by Zhuge Liang, who ranked ahead of him.
Legend has it that one day, Zhu Yuanzhang talked to Liu Bowen about chess, and Zhu Yuanzhang casually said: "Zhuge Liang knew astronomy and geography from below, borrowed the East Wind; burned the camp, borrowed arrows from grass boats, and captured Meng meng in seven ways to get the world's legend, read history, cleverly calculated, strategized thousands of miles away, first assisted Liu Bei in dividing the world; later assisted Liu Chan, bowed down to death and then died, absolutely praised by the ancients, and passed on by future generations!" Folk are now circulating the saying 'Former Dynasty Military Master Zhuge Liang, Later Dynasty Military Division Liu Bowen', I don't know who Mr. Thinks is better? ”
Liu Bowen heard that he was first frightened, and then answered 14 words: "Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, liu Bowen who unifies the country and mountains."
Zhu Yuanzhang was such a wise man, of course, he knew that Liu Bowen did not obey Zhuge Liang, so he laughed: "If Sir can dig up Zhuge Liang's grave, it will prove that you are a high man, otherwise you are a bully!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang said this for a reason. According to legend, after Zhuge Liang's death, he made a will - ordering the four people to carry the coffin south and bury it on the spot when the rope was broken. Later, Liu Chan arranged for four strong people to carry the coffin and walk, walking for a day and a night, tired and powerless, seeing that the rope root did not have the slightest intention of breaking, the four people combined, cut the rope, and buried it. Then he returned to Chengdu to restore Liu Chan's life.
As a result, Liu Chan knew that the four people were playing adultery and slippery, and in a fit of anger, he beheaded the four people and showed them to the public, so he forgot to ask them where Zhuge Liang was buried, so the place where Zhuge Liang was buried became a mystery for eternity.
Liu Bowen listened and said, "Your Majesty, the Great Ming Law strictly prohibits tomb robbery, and whoever digs the grave of a person, the light one is exiled for three thousand miles, and anyone who steals the tomb and opens the coffin shall be hanged." The subject did not dare to dig up Zhuge Liang's grave. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said 4 words: Forgive you for your innocence.
According to later legends, the reason why Liu Bowen wanted to dig Zhuge Liang's tomb was because Zhuge Liang's tomb contained the world's first strange book- the Wordless Heavenly Book.
After Liu Bowen received Zhu Yuanzhang's pardon order, he immediately took his retinue to the foot of Dingjun Mountain and quickly found Zhuge Liang's tomb.
A huge stele was erected on the stone steps in front of the tomb, and I saw only five words on it: I know that no one has arrived. Liu Bowen looked at it and sneered, I didn't come here, how is it that "no one arrived", so people smashed this stone stele. After smashing, Liu Bowen was triumphant and continued to move forward. Not far away, I saw a huge stele with 5 words: Only Berwyn arrived.
This time Liu Bowen was frightened, he directly fell to his knees and prostrated, and said in his mouth: "Arrogance and self-esteem, destroying monuments and shattering monuments, insulting no previous teachers, it is really a crime!" ”
But after all, Li couldn't stand up, and then saw a small line of words under the stone stele: "Bowen took the helmet to salute, and took off the helmet and rose!" It turned out that Zhuge had long expected that when Liu Bowen saw himself, he would not take off his armor, which was disrespect for himself.
In this regard, Liu Bowen was satisfied and sincere, and quickly took off his hat and bowed down.
Rao was so, on the one hand, in order to restore Zhu Yuanzhang's life, on the other hand, he could not resist the temptation of the wordless Heavenly Book, so he had to force his scalp to dig up the tomb of Marquis Wu.
After only a few digging, a stone stele was revealed, on which was inscribed: "No one steals my tomb in the future, only Berwyn steals, I know that there is Berwyn in the future, and Berwyn knows who there is in the future." Liu Bowen broke out in a cold sweat.
After the tomb was excavated, it was seen that there were seven large cylinders used to hold lamp oil, and the large cylinders were connected to each other, and there was a lit wick, which was still burning. Six of the seven cylinders have burned out of oil.
Liu Bowen ordered his men to quickly find the Wordless Heavenly Book. As a result, tianshu was not found, but I saw 8 words written on a bamboo board: "Berwyn, Berwyn, quickly add oil." ”
Liu Bo admired Zhuge Liang's ability to calculate the millennium after he had exhausted, Zhuge Liang had already calculated the specific moment when Liu Bowen was going to come to steal the grave and dig the tomb, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and prostrated his head three times, and quickly withdrew from the tomb of Wuhou, just at this time, the oil in the seventh oil cylinder was burned, and the tomb was pitch black.
Afterwards, Liu Bowen asked people to fill the seven large vats with lamp oil, refill the tomb, solemnly worship, and then leave.
In short, Liu Bowen stole Zhuge Liang's tomb, not only did not get the so-called wordless heavenly book, but also lost the money for seven cylinders of lamp oil, which made people cry and laugh.
It is said that after Liu Bowen was "humiliated" by Zhuge Liang, he knew the real gap between himself and the "saint", so he saw through the red dust, stayed away from the mundane, immersed himself in cultivation, and later left a book of ancient gods for the world, "The Song of Burning Bread".
Of course, the above stories belong to folklore, and the authenticity of course cannot withstand scrutiny, but they are widely circulated in the folk, which shows the great influence of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen among the people from another perspective.