The Zhuge family was a Langyawang clan, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the princes were in strife and the world was in turmoil, Zhuge Liang went out of the mountains because of Liu Bei's "three Gu Zhi's grace", and then served as the minister of the Shu state, bowed down and died; but before that, his brother Zhuge Jin had already arrived in Eastern Wu and later became a great general; and his younger brother Zhuge Zhi, who finally took effect, was loyal to Cao Wei and was called the Great General of the Eastern Expedition.
It seems incredible that a family member can do things for three parties at the same time, and these three parties are still opposites, either you die or I die. There are certain historical reasons for the emergence of this situation, at that time, everyone was in great need of talents, and the talents at that time were limited to the "family clan", and the common people had no culture, and could only serve as soldiers, not to contribute.
Therefore, a family does things for many forces, everyone is also more recognized, and will not feel that this family "flower heart". Then again, the three brothers of the Zhuge family defected to Wei Shuwu respectively, which is actually a kind of wisdom of the big family. The Zhuge family and the Sima family were in stark contrast, as the Sima family had always been in the cao Wei camp and later replaced it.
Then why do we still say that the Zhuge family's approach is wise? After all, the final victor was the Sima family. First, Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Shi, their talents and personalities are completely different, Zhuge Jin is gentle and honest, talented but not particularly prominent, and the person who can appreciate him is the lord of "Shoucheng" who needs the full loyalty of his subordinates;
Zhuge Liang, known as "Wolong", is a great talent, can point out the general trend of the world, point out the way forward for grassroots princes like Liu Bei, assist him to create a foundation, his ideals and Liu Bei's dreams, it is almost a hit; besides, Zhuge Birthday, he is a general, talent is average, Cao Wei's strength is the most powerful in the Three Kingdoms, the most solid foundation, the most suitable for him to seek a position.
Second, the so-called family family, the most important thing is the continuation of the clan, in other words, there must be a successor. If all the chips are bet on one side, victory is of course the glory of the whole family, once it fails, the whole clan will face danger, which is the situation that the family family does not want to see, even if it is a branch, they also hope that their family can be passed on from generation to generation.
Third, if everyone is in a different camp, if one side has difficulties, the other side can still lend a helping hand to help. For example, Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, Sun Quan said that he was his "divine friend" and trusted him very much, and Zhuge Jin was also committed to repairing the relationship between the two sides when the relationship between Eastern Wu and Shu Han deteriorated, which of course had Zhuge Liang's reasons.
Fourth, if a family is all on one side, it is also at risk of being suspected. Although Sima Yi gradually seized real power from Cao Wei, if it were not for Cao Cao's early death, he might also be liquidated; Cao Cao once said that Sima Yi "eagles look at wolves" and dreamed of "eating with three horses in the same trough", and instructed his son Cao Pi to pay attention to the point, but Cao Pi was not at ease.
Therefore, the Zhuge family did this with comprehensive consideration. Zhuge Jin's son Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan were not able to inherit the wisdom of their fathers, and they were defeated and killed and exterminated the three ethnic groups; as for Zhuge Chen, he was also killed and exterminated because of his rebellion against the Sima family. Smart choices, but no perfect results.