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It is said that Zhuge Liang, as an outstanding politician, soldier, writer, inventor and minister of the Shu Han clique during the Three Kingdoms period, is also a representative of the loyalty and wisdom of traditional Chinese culture, which can be described as a well-known figure for women and children, and the sentence "Bow down to exhaustion, die and then die", which makes his name go down in history.
However, almost all the emperors and generals in the history of our country are three wives and multiple concubines, but from the existing historical materials, we can not find some records about Zhuge Liang's concubines at all.
Some information is that he only married an ugly-looking daughter-in-law, Huang Yueying. Then, then, why did Zhuge Liang, who had a great talent and a tall figure, only marry the ugly-looking Huang Yueying in his life? The reason is actually quite simple.
When Zhuge Liang was young, he followed his uncle to the outskirts of Jingzhou to escape the war and return to the hidden mountains and forests, during which Zhuge Liang did not idle and has been concentrating on studying, and he has also met many local celebrities.
When his uncle died at the age of 25, his eldest brother Zhuge Jin went to Eastern Wu to travel, and his sister Zhuge Huiyuan married Nanzhang, leaving only him and his elder brother Zhuge to farm for a living.
As we all know, the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be described as a chaotic period of war, but all those who have some ability will inevitably choose to take the road to make meritorious achievements, and a great sage like Zhuge Liang, who compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, must want to serve the country more.
The reason why he has been deeply cultivating Longzhong is because Zhuge Liang, who has no background, is waiting for an opportunity, perhaps it is fateful, about 30 miles away from Longzhong, near the Hanshui, there is a celebrity surnamed Huang Chengyan, and he has an only daughter named Huang Yueying.
Huang Chengyan himself went to the door to find Zhuge Liang and asked him: "Your boy has also reached the age of talking about marriage, and it just so happens that now you are choosing a daughter-in-law, and we have an ugly daughter in the Huang family, with yellow skin and black skin, and want to marry you, what do you think?" Zhuge Liang didn't say a word, but agreed!
It was precisely because of this incident that the people of the eight villages in the ten miles at that time took this incident as a joke, and there was a proverb circulating in the countryside: "Mo Xue Zhuge Liang married his wife and fell in love with the ugly daughter of the A Cheng's family." "It is recorded in the history books that Kong Ming was eight feet slender and had a very great appearance, and in today's terms, he was a beautiful man with a large body.
Coupled with Zhuge Liang's great learning and good character, which of the unmarried big girls in the ten miles and eight townships at that time did not like it, it was simply a sought-after fragrant feast.
We Chinese since ancient times, we have paid attention to the "appearance of Lang Cai women", in the same period of Zhou Yu XiaoQiao, Sun Ce Big Qiao can be described as a standard marriage that has been passed down through the ages, but why did Zhuge Liang have to marry an ugly woman as a wife? The reason is actually very simple, on the one hand, Huang Yueying is the only daughter of Huang Chengyan, a powerful and famous man in Jingzhou, and is very talented.
It is often said that ancient women are talentless and virtuous, and Huang Yueying's talent is contrary to the general trend, and even smears its image, to say that this Huang Yueying is not really ugly, if put into modern times may be comparable to Jike Junyi, we can see through its descendants Zhuge Zhan.
Moreover, Huang Yueying was particularly accomplished in invention, and the wooden people, wooden dogs, wooden tigers, etc. he created made Zhuge Liang envious and even marveled.
In particular, the grain transport artifacts used by Zhuge Liang during the Northern Expedition, such as the wooden cattle and horses, as well as the Zhuge Lian crossbow and the eight arrays, were all benefited from Huang Yueying, and it can be said that Huang Yueying had great merit.
In addition, there is an extremely important reason, that is, Huang Yueying's origin, although Zhuge Liang was a young man with lofty ideals at that time, but to put it bluntly, in the late Han Dynasty, it was famous, even if Zhuge Liang had the talent of heaven and earth, as long as no one recommended it, it was also a white ride, according to Cao Cao's words, he was a "mountain village man".
Looking at the Huang family, Huang Yueying's aunt was Lady Cai of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and her father-in-law Huang Chengyan was a famous Xiangyang scholar with a head and a face, the son-in-law of Cai Xie, a great scholar of Nan County, and had a good friendship with Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and other people in the upper circles of Xiangyang.
If Zhuge Liang wants to become famous quickly, then he must hold a big tree and get the recommendation of the Jingxiang generation of celebrities, and Huang Yueying is even the most critical link, with the identity of Huang Chengyan's son-in-law, it is enough to make him famous in the circle of famous people in Jingzhou, and later, he can successfully get the recommendation of Sima Hui, attract Liu Bei's three Gu Maolu, and achieve the name of ancient merit.
To say that Zhuge Liang's life can be described as extraordinary wisdom, everything must be done personally, words and deeds are cautious, invincible, and famous in history. But behind such a successful man, there stands a woman who is selflessly dedicated to his obscurity, Zhuge Liang can achieve such a high achievement, Huang Yueying is indispensable!
References for this article: "Zhuge Liang Biography", "Three Kingdoms Zhi Shu Shu Zhuge Liang Biography", "Pin Three Kingdoms", "Baidu Encyclopedia Related Terms - Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying, Huang Chengyan, Zhuge Liang's Rise Road, etc."