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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the "Biography of Liu Ba" quoted in the "Biography of the Lingling Ancestors", which dates back to around the fifteenth year of Emperor Jian'an (210 AD), and the protagonists of the story are Zhuge Liang and Liu Ba. Let's take a look at the original text:
Ba to Lingling, nothing can be done, want to travel to Jiaozhou, Dao returned to the Beijing Division. When Zhuge Liang was in Linyi, Ba and Liang Shu said: "Riding on the dangers and adventures, to the people who are worth thinking of righteousness, to themselves and the multitude, to inherit the heart of heaven, to conform to the nature of things, not to be persuaded by the remnants of the body." If the Tao is exhausted, it will be condemned to the vicissitudes of the sea and will not take care of Jingzhou again. Liang posthumously said: "Liu Gongxiong is the world, according to the Jing soil, he does not return to morality, and the heavens and men will go, and they will already know it." What do you want under your feet? Ba Yue: "If you come by order, you will not be able to return it, so it is appropriate." What evil under the feet! ”
The gist of this record is that Liu Ba went to Lingling, but things were not done, and he planned to return to the capital Luoyang via Jiaozhou. At that time, Zhuge Liang was in The Siege, and Liu Ba wrote to Zhuge Liang: "I have gone through hardships and dangers, and I intended to obey the Mandate of Heaven to persuade the people so that all the counties of Jingzhou could submit to Cao Cao. But the people were selfish in defiance of morality, and my words could not impress them. If it is really bad luck, I will wander the sea and never return to Jingzhou. ”
Zhuge Liang replied: "General Liu Bei's talent is superb and no one can compare. Now that jingzhou has been occupied again, everyone has no return to their hearts, and it is very clear whether the personnel of Providence will go or which will go. Where else do you want to go? Liu Ba wrote back again: "I have been ordered to come, even if I am not successful, I will go back, which is a matter of course." Why do you have to ask this question? ”
The idiom to be said in this article comes from Zhuge Liang's reply letter, called "Xiongcai Gaishi", which means outstanding talent and no one can compare. This is also an idiom created by Zhuge Liang.
Liu Ba's reference in his letter to "riding the dangers of adventure and reaching the people of Siyi" was actually cao cao's persuasion to submit to cao cao before the Battle of Chibi. Unexpectedly, it was not long before the Battle of Chibi began, and as a result, Cao Cao was defeated and forced to withdraw from Jingzhou. Liu Bei took the opportunity to march into the four counties of Jingzhou, and various places surrendered to Liu Bei, and Liu Ba's task naturally could not be completed. Therefore, he planned to take Jiaozhou back to Cao Cao to resume his life.
Liu Ba and Zhuge Liang were in Jingzhou and originally knew each other. Therefore, before leaving Jingzhou, Liu Ba specially wrote a letter to say goodbye to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was very appreciative of Liu Ba, believing that his talent was far superior to his own, so he specially wrote a reply letter, hoping that he could stay in Jingzhou to serve Liu Bei.
However, although Liu Ba and Zhuge Liang were good friends, their impression of Liu Bei was not good, so he replied and refused, and later ran directly to Yizhou to rely on Liu Zhang, and was unwilling to stay in Jingzhou to fight for Liu Bei. According to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Ba's Biography", when he heard that Liu Ba was unwilling to serve himself, Liu Bei was very angry and "deeply hated." ”
Reference book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms