Because of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this history of the Three Kingdoms has attracted the attention of many people, and this famous book depicts the struggle between Wei, Wu and Shu in the Three Kingdoms period, which makes people even addicted to watching. In the book, the existence of Zhuge Liang is one of the highlights, and it is precisely because of his strategizing that Liu Bei, who was the weakest at that time, was later able to dominate with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. As the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Yi was also a figure of great talent and strategy, so who was more powerful between him and Zhuge Liang? Look at what kind of answer Luo Guanzhong and Chen Shou gave.
Zhuge Liang naturally needless to say, in the early days, his identity was only an ordinary farmer, until Liu Xuande personally invited him out and got the help of Kong Ming, and Liu Bei also changed from the previous situation of being beaten everywhere to being able to separate the world from the powerful Wei and Wu.
In the novel, Zhuge Liang can be said to be omnipotent, and his confrontation with Sima Yi is also quite wonderful. Although the author of the novel has a bias towards royal orthodoxy in his thinking, Liu Bei, as a descendant of liu shi, did what he did to restore the Han Dynasty, so the author also somewhat deified him when describing Zhuge Liang. One of the most famous clashes between the two was the "Empty City Plan".
At that time, Sima Yi was deceived by Zhuge Liang's calmness, thinking that there were really elite soldiers guarding the city, and eventually he withdrew. But in fact, if you think about it deeply, Sima Yi did this with his own considerations. At that time, Cao Cao had a certain degree of defensiveness against him, and a large part of his value was reflected in his parity with Zhuge Liang. Only in this way would Cao Cao feel that Sima Yi was the best candidate to deal with Zhuge Liang.
At the time of Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi was really deceived by Zhuge Liang, who thought that Zhuge Liang was still alive and did not dare to take action. Although it is said that both of them have superiority in wisdom and strategy, zhuge liang is still one step higher than Sima Yiqi.
In the eyes of many people, Zhuge Liang has been over-deified in the novel, but in the history of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou, the origin of the two people can be seen from the level of ability between them.
Sima Yi came from a family of eunuchs, his ancestors were all officials, and in the process of his life development, he could gain a lot without too much effort, although under Cao Cao, Sima Yi was also suspected, but this did not affect his career path. That is to say, he is equivalent to the current second generation of officials, with a high starting point, which leads to his success is also reasonable, and there is no difficulty.
Zhuge Liang is different, his father died since he was a child, he has been living with his uncle, before meeting Liu Xuande, he was just an ordinary civilian, at that time, no one knew of his existence, let alone respect him.
His turning point was that Liu Bei invited him out of the mountain, Zhuge Liang's clever calculations were reflected in many times, he was always able to think of the other party's tricks one step at a time, so as to formulate a strategy against the enemy, and because of this, Liu Bei admired him very much, and finally even entrusted his son to him, which shows that Liu Bei has no doubts about Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang has gone from an unknown rural man to a later official and a chancellor, all of which are obtained by his superior intelligence.
Whether it is the description in the novel or the record in the main history, it is not difficult for everyone to see that in terms of intelligence and ability, Zhuge Liang is still slightly better than Sima Yi. As for the end, Sima Yi established the Jin Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang only guarded the cause left by Liu Bei, which can only show that the two pursued their respective goals differently, that is, if Zhuge Liang was really ambitious, then how history would develop is really difficult to determine.