The Study Of The Deification Of Zhuge Liang’s Image

Zhuge Liang was a famous historical figure in China. In the process of history, his imagewas deified gradually. He became a god that had special ability and great wisdom and wasomniscient.. This thesis was divided into four chapters to analyze the deification of ZhugeLiang’s image.The real image of Zhuge Liang in the history was studied in the first chapter. His lifetrack was sketched through the life introduction in the first section. In the second section,different viewpoints on Zhuge Liang’s ability in military, political strategies and how tochoose persons were sorted and summed up from three perspectives in order to present a realimage of Zhuge Liang.In the second chapter, the process of the deification of Zhuge Liang’s image wasanalyzed. In the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, his image was graduallydeviated from the historical biography and shaped into such one as having a miraculous andbizarre legend. In Tang Dynasty, Zhuge Liang’s wisdom and ability were further exaggerated.Some people started to raise Zhuge Liang to the position and height of a god. In Song andYuan Dynasties, Zhuge Liang’s image was endowed with extraordinary appearance, legendaryexperiences and extraordinary wisdom, besides, he was proficient in all kinds of magic artsand became a Taoist god. After the novel "the Romance of The Three Kingdoms" wascompleted, Zhuge Liang’s deified image was basically finalized.In the third chapter Zhuge Liang’s deified image was mainly discussed. Many new andstrange contents were added to the oral stories to apotheosis Zhuge Liang’s image, through"the mouth and the ear " The text presentation was full of wide genre and abundant contents.Through words, Zhuge Liang’s image with creative skills was apotheosized. The abstractimages were made visualized such as temperament on the opera stages, which strengthenedthe deified image of Zhuge Liang from the senses. The construction of Wu Hou templesublimed Zhuge Liang’s image.In the fourth chapter the reasons for deified Zhuge Liang’s image were studied. ZhugeLiang’s excellent capacity was the basic reason. The lacuna in historical book provided thepossibility. The wish that people looked forward to a stable life was the important factor andthe rulers’ needs were the driving force. The religion element also have great influence on thedeification of Zhuge Liang’s image.