After Zhuge Liang's death, what was the fate of the family? Is he related to Sima Yi?
Historically, there were two heavyweights during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. They were the prime minister of Shu Han and the governor of Wei, and they were opponents of chess opponents at that time.
Although many people argue about their relationship, there is actually a layer of kinship between them. The Zhuge Liang family produced three heroic figures during the Three Kingdoms period, and they all had people from the Zhuge family in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu.
So, what is the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi? After Zhuge Liang's death, what was the fate of his family? Let's find out.
The Langya Zhuge family emerged three outstanding figures during the Three Kingdoms period, and the Zhuge Liang family lived in Langya and was a descendant of Zhuge Feng, the captain of the Western Han Dynasty. Zhuge Feng offended the powerful because of his uprightness and was dismissed and returned to his hometown.
There, he did a lot of good deeds for the people and won high prestige and love. Therefore, the Zhuge family has become a famous family in the local area. Zhuge Liang has four brothers and sisters, he is the second in line, with the eldest brother Zhuge Jin and two sisters above, and the third brother Zhuge Jun below.
However, Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Liang, died when he was still very young, when his eldest brother had already gone to school as an adult, and he and Zhuge were still children. So, their uncle Zhuge Xuan took them in.
Zhuge Xuan was a celebrity at that time, and he had a close relationship with Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou. At that time, Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Langya was located in the Xuzhou area, in order to escape the war, Zhuge Xuan took Zhuge Liang and his four brothers and sisters to Liu Biao.
Zhuge Liang's two elder sisters found a home in two famous families in their hometown, one married to the Kuai family in Jingzhou, and the other married to the cousin of Pang Tong, who was as famous as Zhuge Liang.
Although Zhuge Liang is the most famous one, his two older brothers are also very good. Among them, Zhuge Liang's eldest brother Zhuge Jin was a Confucian general with both civil and military skills, and he became the first general of Wu after Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Eastern Wu, established Wu.
Zhuge Liang himself established Shu Han under Liu Bei's leadership, but he never forgot his hometown and family. Although his younger brother Zhuge Jun did not have much achievement, he still lived a plain and satisfied life.
Zhuge Jin left his hometown to study in the Quartet in his early years, and was later recommended to Sun Quan. After a long night of talking with Sun Quan, Sun Quan greatly appreciated his talent in governing the country, and regarded him as a confidant, calling him a close friend for many years.
After Zhuge Liang became the leader of Liu Bei, Zhuge Jin acted as Sun Quan's envoy many times because of his brotherly relationship with Zhuge Liang, and made great achievements for the Sun-Liu alliance against Cao Cao. Zhuge Jin is also both civil and military, Wen can govern the country, and Wu can be Anbang.
After Cao Pi's death, Sun Quan sent troops to attack the strategic Xiangyang several times, and Zhuge Jin was the military commander of Sun Quan's side. However, although Zhuge Jin led his army to attack Xiangyang several times, they were all defeated by Sima Yi, and neither Zhuge Jin nor Zhuge Liang brothers could resist Sima Yi.
Despite this, Zhuge Jin still showed outstanding military talent, and was able to retreat under Sima Yi without hurting the foundation of Eastern Wu. This proves that his military talent is second only to Sima Yi.
Therefore, after Sun Quan established the state of Wu, he granted Zhuge Jin the post of general.
Although Zhuge Jin's status in Wu was not as prominent as Zhuge Liang's in Shu, he was an important member of the power core of Wu. Although he was a military general, he often spoke out and corrected Sun Quan's words and deeds, so he was highly respected by Sun Quan.
And the two most eye-catching people of the Zhuge family in the Three Kingdoms period, in addition to the two of them, there is also an outstanding figure who has emerged in the Wei State, he is Zhuge Xuan's son Zhuge Dan.
Although Zhuge Dan's status in Wei was slightly lower than that of his two cousins' feudal generals in Wu and Shu, he was still an important ** in Wei, serving as the general of Zhengdong and ruling the four states of Qing, Yan, Xu, and Yang, second only to the three dukes, and one of the members of the core of Wei's power.
According to the research of modern historian Mr. Yu Jiaxi, Zhuge Dan is likely to be the son of Zhuge Xuan. In order to avoid the war in Xuzhou, Zhuge Xuan brought Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters and his son Zhuge Dan to Jingzhou.
Because Zhuge was young, he was still growing up when Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain. Later, Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou, and Zhuge Dan naturally became a leader in Cao Wei.
With his serious work attitude and the identity of a famous family, Zhuge Dan emerged in the officialdom of Wei State. However, he later tended to theorize and liked to talk rhetorically, but he was close to Xiahou Xuan, a central power figure in the Wei state, so he rose through the ranks again.
Compared to his two cousins, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Dan's ability is considered to be the weakest, but his official position and status are quite high in the Wei State, so he is regarded as a heroic figure in the Wei State.
In this way, the Zhuge family has outstanding figures in the Three Kingdoms, and it can be said that it is an important family in the Three Kingdoms.
The fate of the Zhuge family and the Sima family is closely linked, and after Zhuge Liang's death, the fate of the Zhuge family is also full of variables. In particular, Zhuge Jin's family suffered the disaster of extermination in Wu State, which has a close relationship with Zhuge Jin's eldest son Zhuge Ke.
Zhuge Jin had three sons in his life, namely Zhuge Ke, Zhuge Qiao and Zhuge Rong. Zhuge Ke was a famous young genius in the Three Kingdoms period, he was loved by Sun Quan when he was a teenager, Sun Quan vigorously promoted him in his later years, and made him a minister of life before his death, and took over Zhuge Jin's position as a general.
Therefore, after Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke took charge of the Eastern Wu Dynasty as a general, prime minister, and chief minister. After Zhuge Ke came to power, he actively followed his uncle Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to Wei, although he had Zhuge Liang's ambitions, but he lacked Zhuge Liang's talents.
Although he was a gifted boy, his reputation as a teenager also made him proud and self-righteous as an adult.
Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Ke's Northern Expedition experiences were completely different. Although Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition did not make great achievements, he replaced defense with offense and maintained internal stability in Shu. Zhuge Ke was stubborn and self-serving, and after the failure of the Northern Expedition, he dragged down the economy of Wu, acted arbitrarily, and was finally killed and exterminated.
Zhuge Ke's death caused Zhuge Jin's descendants to be killed in Wu State, his sons Zhuge Zhu and Zhuge Jian were executed, and his youngest son Zhuge Rong committed suicide by taking poison. Zhuge Jin's second son, Zhuge Qiao, succeeded Zhuge Liang and stayed in Shu Han and was unaffected, but died young, leaving a son, Zhuge Pan.
Due to the destruction of the family, Zhuge Pan restored the Zhuge Jin lineage relationship. His son Zhuge Xian lived in seclusion in Hedong County after the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin and did not enter politics again. The continuation of Zhuge Jin's bloodline benefited from Zhuge Qiao's inheritance to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang had four sons in his life, of which the eldest son was Zhuge Jin's second son, Zhuge Qiao. After the Zhuge Jin family was destroyed in the Wu Kingdom, Zhuge Qiao returned to Zhuge Jin's family, so Zhuge Zhan became Zhuge Liang's eldest son.
Zhuge Liang had high hopes for Zhuge Zhan, but because of Zhuge Liang's talent, Zhuge Zhan grew up under Zhuge Liang's aura and was praised too highly, so that he did not live up to his name in adulthood.
Although Zhuge Zhan had some talents, his abilities were not enough to match his reputation. In the end, in the Battle of Mianzhu Pass, together with his eldest son Zhuge Shang, he resisted the army of the Wei general Deng Ai into Shu, and was killed in the battle.
After the fall of Shu Han, Zhuge Zhan's second son, Zhuge Jing, was recommended to Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, and was appointed as a county commander, and later promoted to Jiangzhou Assassin Shi.
Zhuge Liang's descendants, Zhuge Qi and Zhuge Huai, chose to live in seclusion in order to avoid being liquidated after the fall of Shu Han. Zhuge changed his surname to Ge, and Zhuge Huai warned future generations not to enter the official ranks.
Zhuge Jun's three sons Zhuge Wang, Zhuge Qi and Zhuge Qian chose to live in seclusion after the fall of Shu Han, Zhuge Wang's historical records are not much, and Zhuge Qian changed his surname to Zhu.
In their own way, they all protected the safety and honor of the family.
Although Zhuge Dan and Sima Yi had a close relationship, his cousin Zhuge Dan was opposed to the Sima family. When Sima Yi died, Sima Zhao began to purge opponents, including Zhuge Dan's friend Xiahou Xuan.
Zhuge Dan was disturbed by this and planned to rebel against Sima Zhao in Yangzhou. However, his revolt was put down, he himself was killed, and his family was razed to three clans. His son Zhuge Liang fled to the state of Wu and narrowly escaped the killing.
Later, Sima Yan usurped the throne and named his uncle Sima Ling the king of Langya, whose fief was in the hometown of the Zhuge Liang family. Sima Yan hoped that his aunt Zhuge would return to her hometown.
When Sima Yan attacked Eastern Wu, Sima Ling also participated, and finally Sun Hao, the late emperor of Eastern Wu, accepted Zhuge Liang's suggestion and surrendered to Sima Ling.
In order to avenge the murder of his father, Zhuge Liang decided not to serve the Jin Dynasty anymore and lived in seclusion in the Langya palace of his brother-in-law Sima Ling. Despite this, Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, always had a lot of respect for Zhuge Liang, because he had a close relationship with Zhuge Liang when he was a child and regarded him as a close friend.
Knowing that Zhuge Liang was in the Langya Palace, Sima Yan personally went to ask him to go out of the mountain to assist him. However, Zhuge Liang was saddened and saddened by the request of the son of his former best friend, turned his back on Sima Yan, and hid in the thatched house.
Although Sima Yan was dissatisfied with this, he still admired Zhuge Liang's backbone and did not pursue his guilt. Later, the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty, but suffered heavy losses in the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Wuhu Rebellion, and was forced to move south to establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
And the founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is Sima Ling and Sima Rui, the grandson of the Zhuge family, because he has the blood of the Zhuge family flowing in his body, so after the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he has great respect for the Zhuge family.
Sima Rui greatly admired Zhuge Liang, he was proud of having a relationship with Zhuge Liang, and ordered Zhuge Liang to be posthumously crowned as the king of Wuxing. Although this behavior is somewhat funny, because Zhuge Liang was once an opponent of the Sima family, but a hundred years later he was posthumously crowned King Wuxing of the Jin Dynasty by Sima Yi's great-grandson.
Zhuge Liang has knowledge under the spring, but he doesn't know whether he is happy or sad. Sima Rui not only posthumously crowned Zhuge Liang, but also ordered to find Zhuge Liang's descendants to enter the court as officials. However, at that time, most of Zhuge Liang's descendants had already gone incognito, so they were not found.
In addition, Sima Rui also restored Zhuge Dan's reputation and reused his family descendants, such as Zhuge Yi and Zhuge Hui. Zhuge Hui later became an official to Shangshu Ling, and his official position was equivalent to that of the prime minister.
However, with the death of Zhuge Hui and the demise of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the famous Langya Zhuge family gradually withdrew from the historical stage.
In the Three Kingdoms era, the Zhuge family was prominent in the troubled times, and the three heroic figures became the ** of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. However, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Dan's family suffered the tragic fate of extermination.
In contrast, the fate of the Zhuge Liang family was much better. With the complete withdrawal of the Zhuge family after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, we can see that the Zhuge family has witnessed a hundred years of turmoil during the entire Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasty.
The history of this family is full of learning and wisdom.