Why did Zhuge Liang want rice before he died, saying that he would wake up?

** "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" does describe that Zhuge Liang put 7 grains of rice in his mouth when he was dying, and Zhuge Liang explained this accordingly. Everyone corresponds to the stars in the sky, and after the person dies, the stars in the sky will gradually disappear, if the person who is proficient in this art can judge whether the person is still alive according to the stars, Zhuge Liang did this to ensure that the stars will not disappear after his death, and then created a false impression to Sima Yi that Zhuge Liang was not dead.

This matter still sounds very mysterious, Zhuge Liang led the army of Shu to the Northern Expedition to Wei in order to fulfill Liu Bei's last wish entrusted to Zhuge Liang before his death, but Wei is not something that anyone can bully, after all, Wei is also very strong and there is Sima Yi in charge. In the course of several Northern Expeditions, Zhuge Liang tried his best, but he was unable to defeat Sima Yi, and Sima Yi was not able to repel Zhuge Liang, and the two of them have been in a stalemate.

Later, Zhuge Liang used a trick to force Sima Yi and others to the upper valley, and then used fire to burn Sima Yi in the valley, but God was not on Zhuge Liang's side, seeing that the fire was about to burn Sima Yi and othersAt this time, a heavy rain suddenly fell, and the heavy rain extinguished the fire, and Sima Yi and others were rescued。It was also this battle that Zhuge Liang began to go downhill, of course, it didn't mean that there was anything wrong with Zhuge Liang's mind and command, but that Zhuge Liang's body could no longer support him to continue.

In order to fulfill Liu Bei's last wish, Zhuge Liang decided to use the seven-star lantern to borrow it from heaven for another ten yearsIn the end, he had no choice but to succeed, and Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. And before he died, Zhuge Liang took seven grains of rice in his mouth, which was done to ensure that his stars in the sky would not fall, Sima Yi will not find out that Zhuge Liang has died, so that Shu can buy a lot of time.

Zhuge Liang's mentor and friend Pang Degong once had seven grains of rice in his mouth, dodged a fire, and saved his life. Zhuge Liang also wanted to use this routine to save his life.

Hanmi is to deter others, although he is dead, but it proves that he is still guarding this country, saying that he woke up just fake, in order to deceive others, it is impossible for people to come back from the dead.

In Zhuge Liang's own words, holding seven grains of rice in his mouth is a spell that can keep his soul, ensure that the stars representing him in the sky do not fall, create the illusion that he is alive, and achieve the purpose of covering the retreat of the Shu army. I believe everyone must be very familiar with Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang is a very outgoing military advisor during the Three Kingdoms period, he assisted Liu Bei to be the emperor, and made great contributions, after Liu Bei's death, he also wholeheartedly assisted Liu Bei's son, he has always been about to die, still for the sake of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang died with seven grains of rice in his mouth, let's talk about what this means.

1. Ancient folk customs, holding something in the mouth can ensure that the deceased has a certain amount of property in the folk after death. The ancients had the funeral concept of "death as life", thinking that the deceased should be treated with respect as before death, and the things in the mouth of the deceased are called "mouths" can be valuables such as pearls and jade (generally the royal family, nobles or **), or grain, coins, rice (generally ordinary people), so as to ensure that the deceased has money to spend and eat under Jiuquan, Zhuge Liang was indifferent to fame and fortune during his lifetime, and he did not want to deal with the funeral with great fanfare after death, so he contained seven grains of rice in his mouth.

2. In order to confuse the enemy army and create the illusion that he is still alive. Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms played a character who knew astronomy and geography, he was still at war with the enemy when he was dying, according to Feng Shui, with seven grains of rice in his mouth can temporarily retain his soul, so that the stars in the sky will not fall, so that he can deceive the enemy, ensure that his army can successfully defeat the enemy, and he did not mourn after his death at that time, and the news of his death was also well blocked.

Third, this is only done to avoid extravagance and waste. In fact, Zhuge Liang may not have other deep meanings in doing this, because he was very diligent and thrifty in his life, and he was indifferent to fame and fortune, so he may just do this to avoid extravagance and waste.

Zhuge Liang as Liu Bei's henchman, he was far-sighted, witty, during the period of helping Liu Bei, along the way to the disadvantaged Liu Bei to be able to compete with Cao Cao, Sun Quan for the position of the world, but it is a pity that Liu Bei's business has not been completely successful, and he died on the wayAnd Liu Bei handed over Adou Liu Chan, who couldn't be helped, to Zhuge Liang before he died. And Zhuge Liang regretted that he could not fulfill the last wish of the first emperor before he died, and when he finally came to the Northern Expedition, he finally ended his life, but what is very puzzling is that why did Zhuge Liang have seven grains of rice in his mouth when he was dying?

As we all know, Zhuge Liang "knows astronomy and geography", when Liu Bei was still alive, he assisted Liu Bei wholeheartedly, and it was precisely because of Zhuge Liang's advice that Liu Bei came to a very high position, in fact, all this is not only because of Zhuge Liang's strategyWhat's more is that this person is very good at analyzing things, many times he only needs to pinch his fingers, and he knows what is about to happen, so Shu can do a good job of "the right time, the right place and the right people" when fighting!

It's just a pity that he finally met Sima Yi. Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang should be regarded as the same kind of people, and this person is also good at clever calculations, so after Sima Yi came out, Shu was repeatedly frustrated militarilyIt is precisely because of the appearance of Sima Yi that Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was unsuccessful seven times, until the last time, Zhuge Liang calculated that this may be his last Northern Expedition, and this one is likely to go and never return, but Sima Yi is a very powerful person, if he is not eliminated, then it will be difficult to have this opportunity in the future.

However, bad luck, Zhuge Liang could not defeat Sima Yi before he died. So during the last Northern Expedition, he died of hatred with seven grains of rice in his mouth, and lit the sky lantern with his feetIn fact, he wanted Sima Yi to find out that he had died when he was watching the celestial observations, and then attack them on a large scale, and this method did hide from Sima Yi, and finally the Shu army retreated safely to Hanzhong.

As long as it comes to the Three Kingdoms, there is no one who doesn't know Zhuge Liang, even children know it, it can be said that he is a household name, and Zhuge Liang in Romance is even more divine, not only knows astronomy and geography, but also is proficient in the way of governing the country, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is an all-round talent in today's words. Zhuge Liang has not yet come out of the woodwork, and has set a strategy of dividing the world into three parts. Death does not let Sima Yi feel at ease, dead Zhuge scared Zhongda to death, according to legend, Zhuge Liang asked for seven grains of rice in his mouth after his death, why at this time?

As for why seven grains are put in the general, the approximate number "seven" has a profound cultural meaning in China's funeral rites. The seventh half of the lunar calendar is the mid-year festival, also commonly known as the "ghost festival", which is the day of the night tour of the hundred ghosts in ancient times, and the folk of our country have always had the custom of burning incense and candles on both sides of the road. In Taoist beliefs, the importance of the Big Dipper.

Zhuge Liang asked people to put seven grains of rice in their mouths after the death of others, and they could use the power of the Big Dipper to suppress the souls that were about to dissipate in their bodies. So that you can keep the stars alive.

It is also to make money available to the soul when it passes through the underworld. During the Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin dynasties, people had great respect for the dead, and even now there is a saying that "death is great", one is the biggest thing about death, everything must stand aside, and the second is that the dead are the most respectful people, and no one is allowed to offend the dead. In the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, there was more "death is like life", that is, the dead should be treated with the same respect as they were during their lifetime, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was also influenced by this concept to a certain extent, Zhuge Liang had rice in his mouth, and it was also the respect of the living with him, and more importantly, Zhuge Liang wanted to use the technique of "Liuding Liujia" to keep the star from falling after his death, in case Sima Yi saw through the facts.

The number "seven" has a profound cultural meaning in our country's funeral rites. The seventh half of the seventh month of the Yellow Calendar is the Midyear Festival, also commonly known as the "Ghost Festival", which is the day of the night tour of the hundred ghosts in ancient times, and the folk of our country have always had the custom of burning incense and candles on both sides of the road. In addition, the "first seven" is to be done seven days after death, as it is said that the deceased will return home after seven days, and the family will need to prepare a meal for the deceased.

After that, you have to perform the corresponding ritual every seven days, and you can do it for 7749 days before you can surpass the soul of the deceased. Putting seven grains of rice is also borrowing the ancient and mysterious cultural meaning behind the number "seven" to set off Zhuge Liang's unfathomable profundity!

This is the palm of the oak, because Zhuge Liang can prevent Sima Yi from counting that he has died, so he will have 7 grains of rice in his mouth. Tan Liang felt that he could cause interference to the other party in this way, so he said the words of this letter.

Because the number of seven is the traditional soul of the orange, he said this because he was unwilling to let the country fall, he hoped that he could survive, stabilize the court, and save the precarious country.

This is a feudal custom, and it is said that 7 grains of rice in the mouth can bring people back to life, so Zhuge Liang believed in this legend.

In order to prevent the secretary from missing Ma Yi from calculating his own death, he judged that he would do such a thing. He felt that by digging and spreading such rumors, he could make others feel scared, and it could also have a relatively big impact.

In ancient times, there was a saying that the prince contained jade, the princes contained pearls, and the doctor contained rice. There is a folk saying that after death, people have rice in their mouths, which means that he still eats like a normal person, and can keep his star from falling, which makes Sima Yi not sure whether Zhuge Liang is dead or not, so he does not dare to fight a battle without a score.

In fact, in ancient times, funerals were made up of a hierarchical system, the general emperor had jade in his mouth, and the general scholar doctor had rice in his mouth, Zhuge Liang, as a scholar, should have rice according to the etiquette system, so he asked for rice after death in accordance with the etiquette system. The term "seven grains of rice" is seven days, and the cycle of the moon is seven days, which is what we often call a week. It was in order to allow the Shu army to retreat safely that Zhuge Liang made this kind of deception.

After Zhuge Liang died, he had seven grains of rice in his mouth so that the stars would not fall.

In fact, this statement originates from the 114th chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang borrowed his life to no avail and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, but in order to allow the Shu army to retreat, he made a will, ordering Yang Yi not to mourn after his death, make a big shrine (kān), let his body sit in it, and take 7 grains of rice in front of the mouth, and light a bright lamp under his feet, and the army was quiet as usual.

According to Zhuge Liang's words, if you say so, the stars will not fall. We all know that the ancients' stargazing was very developed, and Zhuge Liang was even more proficient in the use of stargazing, and he once watched the stars at night in Jingzhou, knowing that Pang Tong had passed away.

Causes of rice

There are stars in the sky, and if you have seven grains of rice in your mouth after death, it has the meaning of eating like a normal person.

In addition to the saying that he repented of eating like a normal person, there is also a saying that the ancients were very particular about what people contained after death, the Son of Heaven contains jade, the princes contain pearls, and the doctor contains rice, and Zhuge Liang is the scholar doctor, so it contains rice.

The intention is to keep the stars from being damaged after his death, so that he can continue to protect the country, so Zhuge Liang only put rice in his mouth after he died.

In order to confuse Sima Yi, because in ancient times, you were for the living, and when Sima Yi watched the sky at night, he would think that Zhuge Liang was not dead.

He wanted to create some phenomena that he was still alive, so that the Shu army could better retreat, avoid some losses, and make the country more stable.