Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang (181-234), courtesy name Kongming and nickname Wolong (also known as Fulong), Han nationality, was born in Yangdu, Langya, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province). He was the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, strategist, essayist, and calligrapher. He was named Wuxiang Hou when he was alive, and Zhongwu Hou after his death. The Eastern Jin Dynasty regime specially named him King Wuxing. In order to support the Shu Han regime, Zhuge Liang worked hard and dedicated his life until his death. His representative works of prose include "Chu Shi Biao", "Book of Commandments" and so on. He invented the wooden cow and flowing horse, the Kongming lantern, etc., and modified the repeating crossbow, called the Zhuge repeating crossbow, which can fire ten arrows with one crossbow. He died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji) in 234. Zhuge Liang was greatly respected in later generations and became a model of loyal ministers and the embodiment of wisdom. There are Wuhou Temples in Chengdu, Baoji, Hanzhong, Nanyang and other places, and Du Fu wrote "Prime Minister of Shu" to praise Zhuge Liang.