Zhuge Liang (181~234), celebrated¹ adviser² to Liu Bei, founder³ of the Shu Han Dynasty.

诸葛亮(181~234 )，刘备著名的谋士，蜀汉王朝的创建人。

Zhuge Liang, to whom supernatural powers often are ascribed, has been a favoured character of many Chinese plays and stories.

诸葛亮在人们眼中是具有超自然能力的。在许多中国戏曲和故事里，诸葛亮都是一个很受欢迎的人物。

Legend states that Liu Bei, then a minor⁴ military figure, heard of Zhuge Liang's great wisdom and came three times to the wilderness⁵ retreat to which Zhuge had retired⁶ to seek him out as an adviser. It is known that Zhuge helped Liu organize a large army and found a Dynasty.

传说，刘备听说了诸葛亮的智慧于是三顾茅庐请他出山，诸葛亮辅佐刘备组织厂一支大军，建立了王朝。

Liu was so impressed with Zhuge 's wisdom that on his deathbed liu urged his son to depend on Zhuge 's advice and urged Zhuge to ascend⁷ the throne himself if the prince were unable to rule.

刘备对诸葛亮的智慧仰慕不已，以至于他临死时告诉儿子要听从诸葛亮的建议，并告诉诸葛亮，如果他儿子不行的话，诸葛亮应该称帝。

A mechanical and mathematical genius, Zhuge is credited with inventing a bow for shooting several arrows at once and with perfecting the Eight Dispositions⁸, a series of military tactics.

诸葛亮是一个机械和数学天才，发明了一次可以发射数支箭的弓，完善了八阵图(一系列的军事策略)。

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the great 14th-century historical novel, Zhuge is one of the main characters; he is portrayed⁹ as being able to control the wind and foretell¹⁰ the future.

在14世纪伟大的历史小说《三国演义》中，诸葛亮是主要人物之一，被描述成个能够呼风唤雨预知未来的人物。

In 1724 he was made a Confucian saint.

1724年，诸葛亮被尊为“儒圣”。