Chapter 32 Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Incident broke out, and the world was in chaos. Cao Cao was in charge of the court, Sun Quan supported the Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei, the shepherd of Yuzhou, the clan of the Han Dynasty, listened to Xu Shu (the governor of the Three Kingdoms, who was a famous land seeker) and Sima Hui (the Zhouyang of the Three Kingdoms) Di Ren, who is also a famous counselor), said that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented, so he, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei brought gifts to Longzhong (now Xiangyang County, Hubei Province) Wollongang to ask Zhuge Liang to come out and help him do things for the country.It happened that Zhuge Liang went out that day, so Liu Bei had to turn back disappointed.Soon, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei braved the storm to invite him for the second time.Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out for a wandering again.Zhang Fei didn't want to come back at first, but when he saw that Zhuge Liang was not at home, he urged him to go back.Liu Bei had no choice but to leave a letter expressing his admiration for Zhuge Liang and asking him to come out to help him save the country's dangerous situation.

After a while, Liu Bei ate vegetarian for three days and was going to invite Zhuge Liang again.Guan Yu said that Zhuge Liang may have a false name, but he may not have real talent and learning, so there is no need to go.Zhang Fei, on the other hand, insisted that he call it alone. If he didn't come, he would be tied up with a rope.Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei, and visited Zhuge Liang for the third time with them.At that time, Zhuge Liang was sleeping.Liu Bei didn't dare to disturb him, and stood until Zhuge Liang woke up by himself before sitting down to talk with each other. Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was determined to do things for the country and sincerely asked him for help, so he came out to help Liu Bei establish the Shuhan Dynasty with all his strength.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" calls the fact that Liu Bei personally urged Zhuge Liang three times, "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage". In Zhuge Liang's famous "Teacher's List", there is also the sentence "The first emperor did not regard his ministers as despicable, but was obscene and self-defeating, and he paid three visits to his ministers in the thatched cottage.".So later generations saw that someone went to that person's house several times in a row in order to ask someone he admired to come out to help him do things, and he quoted this sentence to describe the desire and sincere mood of the person he admired.That is to say, don't be ashamed to ask, and seek talent with an open mind.