[诸葛亮 / 諸葛亮, Zhū gě Liàng, ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ]Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and Prime Minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius#13603[Add to Longdo]
[三国演义 / 三國演義, Sān guó yǎn yì, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ]Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao#21589[Add to Longdo]
[正史, zhèng shǐ, ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ]the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends#50289[Add to Longdo]
[三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬, sān gù máo lú, ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ]lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage; cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times#73190[Add to Longdo]
[孔丛子 / 孔叢子, Kǒng cóng zǐ, ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ]Kong family Master's anthology, collection of fictional debates between Confucius, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃#271400[Add to Longdo]