Some people asked: Why does Zhuge Liang's "Table of Renunciation" not mention Zhao Yun or Wei Yan, but he praises the general Xiang Favor in a big way?
This problem is actually not so complicated, we do not need to over-interpret Zhuge Liang's meaning, in fact, we only need to carefully analyze Zhuge Liang's position, this problem will be solved.
Compared with Zhao Yun Weiyan, Xiang Pet is indeed an unknown small person, so many people do not know such a person, we will first introduce Xiang Pet to this person before answering the question:
Xiang Lang had an uncle named Xiang Lang, who was very famous in Jingzhou, studied under Sima Hui, and he had a good personal relationship with Xu Shu and Pang Tong, and was naturally a good friend of Zhuge Liang. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Xiang Lang followed Liu Bei to fight the world, and was considered Zhuge Liang's right-hand man, when the Ma Mo Street Pavilion was lost and the Northern Expedition was lost. Xiang Lang committed the great crime of shielding Ma Chen from fleeing and not reporting it, and Zhuge Liang was not willing to kill Xiang Lang, but only degraded his post and punished. Therefore, there is this relationship with Xiang Lang, and the contact between Xiang Pet and Zhuge Liang naturally does not have much resistance.
Besides, this Xiang Pet did indeed have two brushes, Zhang Wu broke out the famous Battle of Yiling in Shu Wu in the first year, after a long confrontation between the two sides, and finally Wu Guoru attacked Lu Xunqiao with fire and broke the Shu Han army. The various camps of the Shu Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses, but the troops led by Xiang Yu were intact and were affirmed by Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang's power fell to the opposition, and although Xiang Yu had no merits, the relationship was hard coupled with the praise of the former emperor Liu Bei, and was appreciated by Zhuge Liang. First fengdu Ting marquis, and then promoted to the central governor, responsible for managing the court's Su Wei army, the Su Wei army at that time would not go to the front line to fight, that is, the special protection of the emperor's military services, equivalent to what we often call the Janissaries, the Royal Forest Army.
So let's go back to the question, why did Zhuge Liang write such a security guard head into the "Table of Departures" but did not mention such generals as Wei Yan and Zhao Yun?
First of all, I personally oppose Zhuge Liang's exclusion of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan' statement, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, as the founding fathers of the country, the relationship between the two is still very harmonious, and each other's evaluation is a praise.
Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan were indeed a little contradictory, but the two did not have any political differences. It was just that Wei Yan was very dissatisfied with the way Zhuge Liang led the troops to fight, and this was the source of the quarrel between the two. Looking back, promoting Xiang Pet is not the same as squeezing out Zhao Wei, is it difficult not to use capable people?
Under this premise, let's look at Zhuge Liang's position, the object of Zhuge Liang's "Table of Teachers" is Liu Chan, and the Table of Teachers is written for him. At that time, Zhuge Liang's task was to carry out the Northern Expedition, and famous and famous people like Zhao Yun, Deng Zhi, Ma Chen, and Wu Yi all followed Zhuge Liang to the front line, not to mention Wei Yan, who was the gatekeeper of Hanzhong.
Therefore, the remaining civilians in the hinterland are almost all civilian ministers in charge of logistics and administration, and Xiang Pet, who is the head of the emperor's personal security brigade, is almost the only military general with experience in leading troops. Zhuge Liang wanted Liu Chan to learn from experience and learn from the object of humility, but there was no other choice but to favor. Because everyone else had gone to the front line, one hundred and eighteen thousand miles, even if Liu Chan wanted to learn the scriptures, he didn't have that condition.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang mentioned Xiang Pet:
"Sexual behavior Shu Jun, Xiao Chang military, tried to be used in the past, the former emperor called it Yue Neng, is to be the favor of the public as the governor." Foolishness thinks that the affairs of the camp, if they are consulted, will be able to make peace in the line, and the good and the bad will be gained. ”
The reason is that there are no other generals around Liu Chan, only Xiang Pet is still like a person, except for him, there is no choice to consult others.
Secondly, although Xiang Yu has some skills, he has no merits, and he has broken through the rank of governor of the central region who has been promoted to the position. Zhuge Liang wanted to promote this crony again and cultivate himself as his right arm, and it would not be appropriate for him to come forward again. After all, this Shu Han is not surnamed Zhuge Ge, and the mention of a mouth on the "Table of Renunciation" is also a pull to the favor. However, if xiang favors will come to the club, can get along well with Liu Chan, and receive Liu Chan's appreciation by virtue of his own talents, it is not impossible to rise a few levels. It is best to be an emperor's teacher, so that fei Yi and Dong Yun are more conducive to the group with Zhuge Liang as the core to preside over the intricate internal contradictions of the Shu Han.
Of course, Zhuge Liang is also in order to stabilize the rear, there are his own people to control, that is, there are people in the imperial court, Zhuge Liang is also relieved to go out to fight.
Xiang Yu also did a good job, but unfortunately, Xiang Pet later died in the process of quelling the rebellion in the Hanjia region, but Zhuge Liang was also dead at that time. Therefore, xiang pet, as a member of Zhuge Liang's clique, also made his own contribution to the stability of the Shu Han, and finally sacrificed his life for the country, and was indeed a respectable and usable general.
In the era of the Establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the task of cultivating the fresh blood of the country was, in my opinion, much more severe than that of Wei Wu. Therefore, whether it is the actual conditions or political objectives or the needs of national conditions, zhuge Liang's nomination of Xiang Pet in the "Table of Teachers" is reasonable.
As for Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, they were not from the same generation as Xiang Yu, nor were they in the power center of Shu Han, mentioning that they could not express their emotions. After all, the "Table of Renunciation" is for Liu Chan to see, the purpose is to make Liu Chan kiss the sages far from the villains, there are not many sages in the palace, the villains are rampant, xiang pet is obviously a reliable sage, and it is natural to mention him.
Xiang Pet eventually fought against the barbarians and died, and the Qing Dynasty scholar Duan Mu Ji once wrote this sentence to evaluate Xiang Pet's early death:
"Zhu Xian died early, the General Su only had one Zhao Yun, and the Neizhi only had one Jiang Huan, and Xiang Yu and Dong Yun had the responsibility of not catching the general."
I think about it, but I also regret it...