Who is Zuo Ci in the Three Kingdoms?

Zuo Ci was born in Lujiang (now southwest of Lujiang) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He is proficient in the Five Classics and astrology. He predicted from astrology that the luck of the Han Dynasty would run out, the national fortune would decline and the world would be in chaos. He lamented: "In this troubled times, it is more difficult for high officials to protect themselves, and it is easier to die with more money. Therefore, the prosperity of the world must not be coveted! " So Zuo Ci began to learn Taoism, and he was also very proficient in Taoism. He can drive ghosts and gods to sit down and make delicious food. He studied fine monasticism in Tianzhu Mountain, got a copy of "Nine then Ye Jing" in a cave, and learned to change his own spells, many of which he can't remember.

When Cao Cao heard of the Three Kingdoms, he summoned Zuo Ci, locked him in a stone house, sent someone to guard him, and refused to give him food for a year. It took him a year to be released, and it was still the same. Cao Cao thinks that there is no reason why people don't eat, and Zuo Ci doesn't eat for a year. This must be a cunning way to kill him. Cao Cao wanted to kill Zuo Ci together, but Zuo Ci knew, so he asked Cao Cao to spare his life and let him go home. Cao Cao said, "Why are you in such a hurry?" Zuo Ci said, "You want to kill me, so please leave me alone." Cao Cao said, "Where? How could I kill you? " . Since you have great ambitions, I won't keep you. "Cao Cao gave a farewell dinner for Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci said," I'm going on a long trip, so I want to have a drink with you. "Cao Cao agreed. It was very cold and the wine was soaked in the fire. Zuo Ci tore off the hair on his head and stirred the wine. In an instant, the hair clasp was dissolved in the wine, just like ink was dissolved in water when grinding ink. At first, when Cao Cao saw that Zuo Ci wanted "a glass of wine", he thought he would drink half a cup first, and then give the remaining half to Zuo Ci. Unexpectedly, Zuo Ci scratched his glass with a hairpin first, and the glass was divided into two halves, both of which were wine, a few inches apart. Zuo Ci drank half first and gave the other half to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was unhappy and didn't drink it right away. Zuo Ci asked Cao Cao to come over and drank it himself. After drinking, I threw the cup on the beam, and the cup dangled on the beam, like a bird falling and not falling before diving to the ground. The guests at the banquet looked up at the glass. After a long time, the glass fell, but Zuo Ci was gone. Upon inquiry, it was said that Zuo Ci had returned to his residence. Cao Cao wanted to kill Zuo Ci more, and wanted to see if Zuo Ci could escape death. Cao Cao ordered the arrest of Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci got into the flock. The pursuers were all confused, so he checked the original number of sheep, and sure enough, there was one more, knowing that Zuo Ci had become a sheep. The pursuer conveyed the meaning of Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao just wanted to meet Zuo Ci, and asked Zuo Ci not to be afraid. Then a big sheep came up and knelt down and said, "Do you think I am?" The pursuers said to each other, "This kneeling sheep must be Zuo Ci! "I just want to take this sheep away. But then all the sheep knelt down and said, "Do you think I am? "In this way, the pursuer really don't know which sheep Zuo Ci is, so we have to submit. Later, someone who knew the whereabouts of Zuo Ci tipped off Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent someone to catch him, and he caught him as soon as he caught him.

In fact, it's not that Zuo Ci can't escape, but that he wants Cao Cao to see his skill of changing array. So Zuo Ci tied up his captors and put them in prison. The warden intended to torture Zuo Ci, only to find that there was a Zuo Ci in the house and a Zuo Ci outside. I don't know which is the real Zuo Ci. Cao Cao was even more bitter when he knew it, and ordered Zuo Ci to be tied to the execution ground and put to death. Zuo Ci suddenly disappeared on the execution ground. So he ordered the city gate to be closed and searched. Some searchers said they didn't know Zuo Ci, so officials told Zuo Ci that he was blind in one eye and wore a blue turban, and they caught such a man when they saw him. In a short time, the whole city became blind with green cloth and towels, and no one could tell which was Zuo Ci. Cao Cao ordered to expand the scope of the search and kill as long as he was caught. Later, when someone saw Zuo Ci, they killed him and presented him to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed. The body arrived. It turned out to be a bundle of thatch. Then they went to the place where Zuo Ci was killed to look for the body. The body was gone.

Later, some people said that they saw Zuo Ci in Jingzhou. Liu Biao, who was a historian in Jingzhou at that time, also thought that Zuo Ci was demagogic and planned to arrest him and kill him. Liu Biao came out to show off his army. Zuo Ci knew that Liu Biao wanted to see what magic he had, so he slowly walked up to Liu Biao and said, "I have some meager gifts to reward your army." Liu Biao said, "You are a Taoist, and I have so many people. Can you treat me? " Zuo Ci said again that Liu Biao sent someone to see what the gift was. He only saw a barrel of wine and a stick of dried meat, and ten people didn't lift it. Zuo Ci brought his own dried meat, chopped it piece by piece on the ground, and asked one hundred people to distribute the wine and dried meat to the soldiers. Each soldier has three glasses of wine and a piece of dried meat. Dried meat tastes as usual. More than 10,000 soldiers had enough to eat and drink, but there was no less wine in the wine container and dried meat was not finished. Liu Biao's more than 1000 guests are also drunk. Liu Biao was surprised and dismissed the idea of killing Zuo Ci. A few days later, Zuo Ci left Liu Biao. When I arrived in Dantu County, Dongwu, I heard that there was a Taoist priest named Duo in Dantu, so I went to visit him. There are six or seven guests in front of the Xu family, and six or seven ox carts are parked. The guest lied to Zuo Ci that Xu Duo was not at home. Zuo Ci knew that the guest had cheated him and left. After Zuo Ci left, the guests saw the ox cart walking on the top of the poplar, climbed up the tree and looked again, but it was gone. When I got off the tree, I saw the ox cart walking on the tree again. There is still a foot-long thorn in the round hole in the center of the wheel of the ox cart, which can't be pushed. The guests were surprised and hurried to report that an old man who was blind in one eye had visited. When we saw that he was an ordinary person, we lied to him that his master was away. This strange thing happened to the cow and the car after the old man left. I don't know what happened. Many Yi listened and said, "Oh, this is Zuo Ci's visit. How can you cheat him? Hurry up and chase it, maybe you can get it back. " So the guests scattered to chase, and after chasing Zuo Ci, they all kowtowed and apologized to him. Zuo Ci calmed down and asked the guests to go back. When they went back, the cows and cars were restored to their original state. Zuo Ci met Sun Ce, the monarch of Wu, and Sun Ce wanted to kill Zuo Ci. Sun Ce tried to stab him in the back. Zuo Ci walked slowly with wooden shoes and a bamboo pole, while Sun Ce chased after him with a weapon, but he never caught up. He didn't know that Zuo Ci had magical powers and didn't dare to kill him again. Later, Zuo Ci told Ge that he would go to Huoshan to refine Dan nine times, and finally he died as an immortal.