In the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang can be said to be both enemies and rivals, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the two fought wits and courage, although Sima Yi was first three thousand by Zhuge Liang at the Battle of Halo City, but the good villain Sima Yi still blocked Zhuge Liang's way to the north, and finally died Zhuge Liang in Wuzhangyuan, and from then on, Sima Yi, who lost his opponent, became invincible in the world.
In terms of age, Sima Yi was 2 years older than Zhuge Liang. On the family lineage, Sima Yi came from the Sima clan in Hanoi, the family is not only prosperous, but also talented, Sima Yi's father Sima Fang is The Jing Zhaoyin of the Cao Cao era, equivalent to the mayor of the capital, Sima Yi's grandfather Sima Yi is Yingchuan Taishou, equivalent to the current governor, and further up, Sima Yi's great-grandfather Sima Liang is Yuzhang Taishou, also a high-ranking official at the provincial and ministerial levels, which is Sima Yi's ancestors and fathers. Sima Yi's ancestors can even be traced back to the warring states period of the Qin dynasty Sima Cuo and the late Qin and early Han Xiang Yu one of the princes of Yin, and his family can be described as famous.
Sima Yi and his brothers totaled eight talents at that time, and were known as "Sima Bada", which was Sima Yi's contemporary. Sima Yi's sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were also very capable commanders at that time, and after Sima Yi seized the power of Cao Wei, he smoothly took over the Cao Wei regime step by step, and finally usurped the throne by Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan, which can be described as a generation of talents, which were Sima Yi's sons and grandchildren.
Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Jue, was once in Taishan County, Yanzhou, equivalent to the current provincial public security bureau chief, and Zhuge Liang's grandfather Zhuge Fengguan zhisi lieutenant, equivalent to the highest administrative officer in the capital region, which was Zhuge Liang's grandfather and father.
Zhuge Liang had two younger brothers, one was Zhuge Jin, who held a high position of authority in Eastern Wu and was a great general, and the other was Zhuge Jun, who had always followed Zhuge Liang, with average ability, and died young and early, which was Zhuge Liang's contemporary.
Zhuge Liang had an adopted son named Zhuge Qiao, who served as a general in Shu Han and died at the age of 25, Zhuge Liang had only one biological son named Zhuge Zhan, who served as a Wei general in Shu Han and was a consul general, but unfortunately was defeated by Deng Ai in the Battle of Mianzhu, and Zhuge Zhan was killed along with his eldest son Zhuge Shang.
The only grandchildren who were related to Zhuge Liang were Zhuge Zhan's sons Zhuge Jing, who later assassinated the jin dynasty officials in Jiangzhou, not too famous, which was Zhuge Liang's children and grandchildren.
If Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang's entire family are compared, the Sima family, whether it is a person, or the rate of talent, is far higher than the Zhuge family, in the end, the Zhuge Liang family will have to work for the Sima family, whether in film and television works, or in the history books, Sima Yi's first impression is that he is fierce, sinister and cunning, and his family style is not good, not conspiracy to usurp the throne, such as Sima Yan usurpation, or fight with each other, such as the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.
And Zhuge Liang is known as a model of bowing down, dying and then self, is a moral model of later dynasties, is a model of loyalty to the king and patriotism, diligent government and love for the people, Zhuge Liang's education of his descendants has always been strict requirements, and his family style has also become a recommended model, so if so, Sima Yi's family style is poor, Zhuge Liang's family style is good, why is the Sima family talented and Zhuge people weak?
In fact, this is closely related to the family situation of the two families. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the local area has become the sphere of influence of the family clan, the family clan not only owns a large amount of land, privately has a large number of people, but also controls the field of knowledge such as talent recommendation, education, public opinion, etc. The key reason is that the family clan has money and people, and can receive a good education.
During the Sima Yi period, his family was a brilliant period, his family children can enjoy a good education, with a good education there is the capital to become a talent, coupled with his origin, the talent is basically a certain, and although the family will also promote Confucian moral education, but in the chaotic world of power and profit, living is obviously more meaningful than moral high.
Why did Sima Yi spend his whole life in stoicism? Not to survive, he was a shrunken-headed turtle in front of Cao Cao, tried his best to please Cao Pi in front of Cao Pi, behaved low-key in front of Cao Rui, pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of Cao Shuang, and finally succeeded in killing Cao Shuang, bloodbathing Cao Shuang's party of more than 5,000 people, Sima Yihe had considered morality, all he wanted was to survive, and then seek power and usurp the throne.
And zhuge liang's family is also a scholar family, but it has declined, Zhuge Liang lost his mother at the age of 3, lost his father at the age of 9, followed his uncle to run around in his teens, Zhuge Liang died when he was 16 years old, he could only take his young brother Zhuge Jun and his two sisters to cultivate in Longzhong, there was no chance of a good education, and there was no family background to help him embark on his career, Zhuge Liang had to rely on himself for everything, even survival had to rely on his own hands.
Sima Yi did not need to worry about himself when he became an official, Cao Cao sent someone to find the door, and Zhuge Liang, who was in Longzhong, wanted to go out of the mountain, and he had to rely on the introduction of many friends he had made around him, such as Mr. ShuiJing, Xu Shu and others, so that Liu Bei had three Gu Maolu and had the opportunity to become an official.
In ancient times, the success of the talent to become an official is one aspect, in a certain aspect of outstanding ability, such as literature, but also a aspect, and these are related to the level of education and family origin, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, the difference is not a little bit, plus the fertility of Zhuge Liang and his wife is not too good, there is only one biological son in life, or in his 46-year-old year, but at that time Zhuge Liang was bent on the Northern Expedition, there was no time and opportunity to educate his son.
Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan was 8 years old, his father Zhuge Liang died again, Zhuge Zhan in the absence of his father's protection, completely by birth to obtain official titles, Zhuge Zhan was able to become a Shu Han Wei general, leading The Shang Shu, a large reason is to rely on the identity of Zhuge Liang's son, at the same time Zhuge Zhan's education Zhuge Liang basically did not participate, although there is a book of commandments, but it is still far worse than personal education.
Ten years of trees, a hundred years of tree people, whether a person can become a talent, depends on education, Sima Yi's family is great, people are prosperous, the resources in this area are several times better than the Zhuge Liang family, as for morality, in fact, Sima Yi's Confucian moral education is the same as Zhuge Liang's, the difference is the two people's ability to resist temptation, Sima Yi chose to violate Confucian morality, Zhuge Liang chose to abide by Confucian morality, nothing more.