Zhuge Liang married an ugly woman to explore secrets

Zhuge Liang's name became a household name, and he became the embodiment of wisdom and loyalty, and he assisted Liu Bei in his great cause, which eventually made the Shu Han regime a pole of the Three Kingdoms. In his life, there are many anecdotes, and "Kong Ming Chooses a Wife" is one of them. Zhuge Liang is not only talented, but also handsome in appearance, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms , Zhuge Liang Biography" record, Zhuge Liang "height eight feet, like pine cypress." But he chose an ugly woman who was "thin, black, short, and had yellow hair" as his wife, so why did Zhuge Liang marry an ugly woman? The traditional view is that Zhuge Liang is not heavy on appearance, but pays attention to the inner beauty of people. Ah Ugly had known people since childhood, and he was quite scheming, and Zhuge Liang had heard about it as early as before he got married. This makes sense, but it's not all. In fact, Zhuge Liang married Ah Ugly out of a political consideration. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and Zhuge Liang, quoted in Pei Song's notes, records in the Book of Baoyang: "Huang Chengyan, Gao Shuangkai, was a famous scholar of Southern Qinan. It is said that Kong Mingyue said: "Wen Jun chooses a woman, has an ugly woman, a yellow head and a black head, and is a match." "Kong Mingxu, that is, to carry it." When people thought it was laughter, the township said: "Don't be a woman chosen by Kong Ming, just get an ugly woman." Another theory is that Zhuge Liang's family was poor, he came from a humble origin, he lost his father at an early age, and he lived a life of exile and migration in his youth, suffering from warlords and warlords, and was deeply oppressed by the strong and powerful clans. Later, he lived with his uncle Zhuge Xuan, who was Yuzhang Taishou in Nanchang. At the age of 14, his uncle defected to Liu Biao because of the reduction of officials: at the age of 17, his uncle died, and he had no one to rely on, and settled in Longzhong, 20 miles west of Xiangyang City. Although he lived in the countryside, he did not want to live in seclusion for a lifetime, he was always concerned about the prosperity and decline of the country, he had the ambition to be loyal to the country, and with such ambition, he was determined to enter the political arena and make a contribution. This kind of political consideration will undoubtedly affect Zhuge Liang's marriage events, and even involve the marriage of his family. This is also to gain a firm foothold at the top, so that we can develop our ambitions in the future. To this end, he did 3 things in terms of family marriage: First, he married his sister to the son of Pang Degong, a well-known leader in the Xiangyang region, who appreciated him and called him "Wolong", and since then, he has gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou. Second, Zhuge Liang married his younger brother the daughter of the Lin clan, a figure who was counted in the Nanyang region. Third, and most importantly, he chose his own wife and betrothed, of course, to obey the political purpose of staying in Jingzhou and making friends with the Wang clan, which is why Zhuge Liang went to Jingzhou and did not go elsewhere. Therefore, Zhuge Liang married the ugly woman Huang Shi.

Why is Zhuge Liang not afraid of the shame and laughter of everyone, and marry the ugly woman Huang Shi? In other words, he may hesitate, but the daughter of the Huang family is married, first, because Huang Chengyan has considerable reputation in the local area; second, because Huang Chengyan's wife Cai Shi and Liu Biao's step-wife are sisters, and as the son-in-law of the Huang family, they climbed to the imperial family of Liu Biao.

According to the "New Biography of Zhuge Liang", when Huang Chengyan asked Zhuge Liang face to face, he immediately "thanked Taishan" and asked Ah Ugly, who had never met before. He would never give up this "step of advancement" under any circumstances. From the perspective of feudal history and culture, virtuous wives, beautiful wives, and righteous wives should teach their husbands and children to help their husbands manage the family business, Zhuge Liang was deeply influenced by traditional culture, and in his own marriage, he naturally followed the custom of "virtuous wives and beautiful wives", and according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang did marry a concubine later. However, Zhuge Liang's motives for marrying an ugly woman are still debated, and it will be studied and explored by future generations.