Zhou Yu Has Already Been Born, So Why Was Zhuge Liang Ever Born?
Men Ting Ruo Shi (A Courtyard as Crowded as a Marketplace)
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From Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu were resourceful men, but Zhuge Liang was even smarter. The two were in opposite sides, and Zhuge Liang always outwitted Zhou Yu. So Zhou Yu sighed with lament: I have already been born, so why was Zhuge Liang ever born? (It means that since I was born to help the State of Wu, why there should be a Zhuge Liang to revive the State of Shu, setting himself against Wu?) Actually, Zhou Yu appreciated Zhuge Liang's talent very much, but he served for Wu, while Zhuge Liang loyally followed Liu Bei in Shu. Hence, Zhuge Liang would definitely attack Wu on behalf of Shu one day. Zhou Yu thought that Zhuge Liang was a potential threat to Wu, so he made such a sigh. |
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