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What are some examples of people who work with wisdom

1, Zhu Geliang straw boat borrowed arrows

Straw boat borrowed arrows is China's classical masterpiece "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the Battle of Red Cliffs a story. Borrowing arrows by zhou Yu intentionally put forward (limited to ten days to make 100,000 arrows), the wisdom of zhuge Liang recognized at a glance is a harmful plan, but calmly said "only three days". Later, a foggy day to help, Zhuge Liang and then take advantage of Cao Cao's suspicious character, transferred a few grass boats to lure the enemy, and finally borrowed more than 100,000 arrows, a miraculous achievement.

Thus, Zhuge Liang's boldness and talent were praised by later generations, thus giving rise to many idiomatic anecdotes and dramatic performances.

2. Siege of Wei to Save Zhao

During the Warring States period (353 BC), Wei besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao. Zhao begged for help from Qi. Qi generals Tian Ji and Sun Bin led an army to rescue Zhao , taking advantage of the weakness of Wei's capital city to lead an attack on Wei. When the Wei army came back to rescue, Qi army took advantage of their fatigue and defeated the Wei army in the middle of the road, thus relieving the siege of Zhao. The story can be found in the Records of the Grand Historian (史记-孙子-吴起列传). This strategy was later adopted by military experts as the "Siege of Wei and Rescue of Zhao" method.

Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao is one of the thirty-six stratagems, and it is a brilliant way of thinking in the opposite direction, bypassing the surface phenomenon of the problem and solving it from the source of the problem, so as to achieve the magical effect of winning with a single move.

Expanded Information:

Geliang Zhuge Liang (181 years - October 8, 234 ), the character Kong Ming (孔明), known as Wolong (卧龙), was a native of Yangdu (陽都) in Langya, Xuzhou (present-day Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province), prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, and an outstanding statesman, militarist, man of letters, calligrapher, and inventor.

Geliang Zhuge Liang's prose masterpieces include "The Table of the Master" and "The Book of Commandments". He invented the wooden oxen and horses, Kongming lanterns, etc., and transformed the crossbow, called Zhu Ge crossbow, can be a crossbow ten vectors are fired. Zhuge Liang's life is a representative figure of loyal officials and wise men in traditional Chinese culture.

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Siege of Wei to Save Zhao