Chen Shou
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Chen Shou, courtesy name Chengzuo, was a Chinese historian and official of Shu Han and the Western Jin dynasty. He studied under the scholar Qiao Zhou and held offices in Shu before entering Jin servi
A fragment of the biography of Bu Zhi from the Records of the Three Kingdoms, part of the Dunhuang manuscripts
Text of the Wei Zhi (魏志, Records of Wei), which documents the history of Cao Wei, written circa 297
Zhuge Liang
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Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and strategist who lived through the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty and became the principal architect of the Shu Han state. He served
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…a zuo zhuzuo lang (佐著作郎; an assistant scribe) and the acting Prefect (令) of Yangping County (陽平縣). In 274, he collected and compiled the writings of Zhuge Liang, the first chancellor of Shu, and submitted them to the Jin imperial court. He was promoted to zhuzuo lang (著作郎; a scribe) and appointed as the zhongzheng…
Ming Dynasty illustration of Zhuge Liang
Zhang Feng's painting (1654) depicting Zhuge Liang reclining on a daybed
The painting Kongming Leaving the Mountains (detail, Ming dynasty) depicts Zhuge Liang (left, on a horse) leaving his rustic retreat to enter into the service of Liu Bei (right, on a horse).
Liu Bei declares himself king, portrait at the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace, Beijing.