Shanghai University published an article saying that Yi Zhongtian's Three Kingdoms did not have any civilian stance, but liked to rehabilitate Cao Cao, or suppress Zhuge Liang, and did not mention the suffering of ordinary people. In this regard, Yi Zhongtian said that he was resolute and rigorous in his treatment of historical figures and wanted to speak with evidence.
For example, Yi Zhongtian talked about the empty city plan problem. In "Three Kingdoms of Pin", Yi Zhongtian believes that the empty city plan is indeed illogical. He gave three aspects, which the officials can judge for themselves.
First, wasn't Sima Yi afraid of being ambushed by Zhuge Liang? Can the large troops not go in, and send a scout in to see what is going on?
Second, Sima Yi could hear zhuge Liang's piano sound not chaotic, and he could also see that his face was calm, indicating that the distance between the two sides was very close, and directly sent a sharp archer, and it was okay to shoot him to death with one arrow?
Third, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi had brought an army of 200,000. But Zhuge Liang is only surrounded by some old, weak, sick and disabled, and you surround his city and trap him for three days without fighting? How can you turn around and go? This is truly incomprehensible.
These 3 points are not what I said, but Yi Zhongtian said in "Three Kingdoms". When I was a child, when I saw this bridge section, I thought that Zhuge Liang was really too good, but when Yi Zhongtian said this, he felt as if it was really such a thing. I don't know what the officials think?
Let's talk about Zhuge Liang borrowing the East Wind. The description in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that of a shawl, barefoot, and a Robe. But Yi Zhongtian believes that the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also says that Zhuge Liang is eight feet long, eight feet is 1.84m according to the current size, and Zhuge Liang was 26 years old when he just came out of the mountain, which is a proper handsome man, and there is a gap between this image of pretending to be crazy and selling stupid.
Luo Guanzhong's central idea is still to respect Liu and degrade Cao, there is no doubt about this. Yi Zhongtian was more suspicious of Zhuge Liang's military prowess, and cited a couplet written by Zhao Fan, a Qing Dynasty man, who euphemistically criticized Zhuge Liang for his exhaustive military and strict refrain from mistakes after Liu Bei's death. But in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he became an outstanding military expert, and he gave a good idea when he had nothing to do, and when he opened it, he had an idea, which actually showed people's admiration for him.
Therefore, "Three Kingdoms" is right to think that Zhuge Liang is a politician, but it is debatable to say that he is a military man. Like the above empty city plan and borrowing the East Wind, it is nothing more than a myth about Zhuge Liang. I don't know if you think Yi Zhongtian's analysis is reasonable? I think that at least when he explained the empty city plan, the three questions he raised still had some truth.
Yi Zhongtian's "Three Kingdoms of Pin" I finished reading, it is indeed very grounded, just like listening to his hundred pulpits back then, the language is humorous and funny. If you want to think more about yourself when reading history, I suggest you take a look at Yi Zhongtian's "Three Kingdoms of Pin". It can't be said to subvert our cognition, at least it will make us think more about why the author wrote it this way. He translated those difficult and difficult historical languages into modern expressions that are easy to understand, which should be the greatest historical wealth brought to us by Yi Zhongtian. Click on the link below to purchase.