Is "After the Watch" a fake?
For thousands of years, this sentence has become the great personality spirit of Zhuge Liang. My colleagues who gave me advice also quoted this famous sentence, which not only praised Zhuge Liang, but also included euphemistic criticism of the negative model. This eight-character famous saying comes from After the Teacher's Watch, but After the Teacher's Watch is forged for three reasons: First, it can't be found in the Shu and Han archives. After the establishment of each dynasty, due to the previous military experience, there was a process of collecting information before writing contemporary history, such as Longzhong Dui. When Liu Bei talked with Zhuge Liang, there were no records of historians or secretaries, but after the establishment of political power in Chengdu, Zhuge Liang (or Liu Bei) recalled that there were some mistakes in the middle. "After the teacher list" is different. At this time, historians and specialized institutions have been established to preserve documents. When Chen Shou edited Zhuge Liang Collection, he didn't have to go through tortuous collection, but just copied the original text. There are 24 articles in Ji Liang, and even some unimportant contents, such as Li Ping's biography, Fei Ming and Zhu Gejin's books, are included. Why did you ignore the later model? The only explanation is that I have never seen it. This is definitely not lost. If you lose it, others will remember it and bring it up when you mourn Zhuge Liang. After all, it is the badge that determines the political situation. Second, the style is not correct. Six reasons for the necessity of the northern expedition were put forward in the table of later studies. But none of them are positive, and the number has gone from "one thing I don't understand" to six. The whole article is full of offensive rhetorical questions, which is not a way for a politician to express his views, let alone the tone of a "politically salty" party. Look bookish and full of complaints. Zhuge Liang doesn't need and can't talk like this. Third, there are serious loopholes in the text. Zhao Yun, a veteran, died in the seventh year of Jianxing. Zhuge Liang certainly remembered his death, and so did Liu Chan. "After Model" entrusted Jianxing for six years. However, there is a saying in the article that "I lost Zhao Yun and Yang Qun in the middle period ..." Zhuge Liang would not say that Zhao Yun was dead when he was alive. As for the sophistry in the article, it is not one place and two places, so it is not necessary to list them one by one. The teacher looked after it first appeared in Zhang Yan's Memories, which was obviously forged by others. Since it is forged, Zhuge Liang has nothing to do with this article. He should not be responsible for his own mistakes, nor should he enjoy a reputation because of his famous words. This is the minimum common sense. Why not pay attention to authenticity, just put the words "do your best, and die before you die" on Zhuge Liang's head, and rashly affirm that this is his great personality spirit? What if there are derogatory words in the article? Indiscriminate praise is actually a god-making movement.