In his treatise, Jiang Yuan 將苑 , the Way of a General stated:
上知天文，中察人事，下识地理， 四海之内，枧如室家，此天下之将.
One who knows the movement of the planets and the position of the star, who study the stars constellation and the celestial process of creation, who know the affair of human and the features of the earth, who is able to know the weather condition and the advantages of the earthly, is a talent beyond extraordinary.
Examples:
Empty Fort Strategy
Zhuge Liang's Empty Fort Strategy, according to some studies, may not be due to logic. For Zhuge Liang to use this risky strategy, was that he knew what was his rival, Sima Yi thinking. Sima Yi knew that Zhuge Liang did not use risky strategy, and upon seeing the castle gates opened and the dirt rising up, he expected huge ambushes behind the castle walls. Upon hearing the clear and peaceful music of the zither, Sima Yi believed that the peace and undisturbed music showed that Zhuge Liang is fully prepared.
Borrowing of 10,000 arrows
Zhuge Liang, before the Battle of Red Cliff, promised Zhou Yu to get 10,000 arrows in three days. How did he achieve that? Common sense, to do this is to do at night, where the straw boats cannot be seen clearly. But what's so special about his plan of borrowing arrows? Zhuge Liang knew that on the third day, there will be fog. When Cao Cao seen the situation, he believed that fog means ambushes and other reason, therefore he order not to send out the navy fleets to attack and use archers to get rid of the enemy, thus making Zhuge Liang's plan more effective.
Burning of Bowangpo Slope
After Liu Bei recruited Zhuge Liang as strategist, XiaHou Dun of Wei came to attack Liu Bei, passing by Bowangpo. Zhuge Liang use the terrain of Bowangpo as advantage to defeat the Wei troops. He lured the enemy troops into the narrow slope of Bowangpo and use a fire tactic to win Xiahou Dun's thousand troops
2 comments:
Yeah! Finally theres sm1 like dynasty warrior like me! hahahah ! i love ZhuGe Liang! how bout u ZhugeJing? hahahah i played many games and put my character name "ZhugeLiang"by the way, nice blog, i like it! did u watch , "chibi"? so nice! the ZhuGe Liang uses a "TURTLE" to slow the troop of caocao! hahahah! nice knowing u!
For the Empty Ford strategy, it was not as simple as you have thought. During that period in Wei, the emperor only used Sima Yi as no one could match up to Zhuge Liang. Sima Yi knew that he could not attack Zhuge Liang as that would end his career at Wei. Zhuge Liang was aware of this and therefore able to use this strategy with ease. As for the last two events, they are completely fictional.
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