Who is more capable, Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong?

Wolong was Zhuge Liang and Feng Chu was Pang Tong, both of whom were first-class talents at that time. Mr. Si Mahui, a water mirror, once said: Wolong and Feng Chu can secure the world, so who is stronger than Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong?

Zhuge Liang is actually related to Pang Tong, and Pang Tong is the cousin of Pang Shanmin, Zhuge Liang's second brother-in-law. Pang Tong became famous much earlier than Zhuge Liang in history, and Pang Tong was much more famous in the early days.

Pang Tong is famous for Si Mahui's words. Si Mahui was a famous person in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He is proficient in Confucian classics and the art of war. He doesn't want to be an official and lives in seclusion in Xiangyang. Although he is called a recluse, people often visit Si Mahui. This is the so-called like-minded, so Si Mahui knows many famous people in Xiangyang, such as Pang Degong and Zhong Song. In 2007, Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao and sent Song Zhonglai to inform Liu Bei. In addition, Xiang Lang of Liu Bei's regime is Si Mahui.

Pang Tong, Feng Chu

When Pang Tong drove more than 2,000 miles from Xiangyang to visit Si Mahui in Yingchuan, Si Mahui was picking mulberry leaves and they started talking. People are like this from morning till night. You'll know how much you weigh after talking. After several conversations, Si Mahui decided that Pang Tong was a talented person. After all, it is impossible for him to chat with celebrities for a day and a night without a certain knowledge reserve and talent. So Si Mahui made a decision on the spot and said: Pang Tong is the first celebrity in Zhou Nan. That is to say, Pang Tong is the first celebrity in the south of Jingzhou. This evaluation was not low, so Pang Tong became famous immediately.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was equivalent to commenting on a celebrity on TV now. After being positively evaluated by a master, this person is basically famous. After all, there was no media at that time, and comments were equivalent to public opinion. So Pang Tong became famous, and later became a county hero. Xiao He was also in this position. During the period of Battle of Red Cliffs, Pang Tong became Zhou Yu's hero and helped Zhou Yu to formulate many strategies, such as Zhou Yu's dichotomy of the world and Liu Bei's house arrest.

Wolong Zhuge Liang

But it's a pity that Zhou Yu died young and didn't see how much role Pang Tong played around Zhou Yu. After Zhou Yu's death, as an old official, Pang Tong personally escorted Zhou Yu's coffin back to Soochow. Pang Tong also had some discussions with Lu Ji, Gu Shao and Quan Cong, celebrities of Dongwu. Pang Tong didn't stay in Soochow in the end, so it is estimated that Sun Quan didn't invite Pang Tong to stay as an official, otherwise it would probably change the pattern of the Three Kingdoms.

Pang Tong

Even at this time, although Pang Tong's official position was as big as Zhuge Liang's, in fact, Pang Tong's fame was bigger than Zhuge Liang's, because Zhuge Liang was not famous at this time. Since he became Liu Bei's subordinate, he has only been to Wu Dong once. Although Zhuge Liang was famous in Xiangyang, he became relatives with some Xiangyang gentry and strongmen through political marriage. Zhuge Liang and Liu Biao were both relatives, but Zhuge Liang's popularity was limited to Xiangyang area.

Pang Tong is dead.

After Pang Tong took refuge in Liu Bei, although he and Zhuge Liang were the same official strategist, the history books clearly recorded that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were closer than Pang Tong, because Zhuge Liang came first, and because Zhuge Liang's ability to handle internal affairs and logistics was far from Pang Tong's. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhuge Liang was appointed by Liu Bei as the official in charge of grain and tax revenue in the four states of Jingnan, and Zhuge Liang was also responsible for helping Liu Bei to establish the grass-roots political structure. Zhuge Liang not only recruited a large number of talents for Liu Bei, but also established the grass-roots organization of Jingzhou regime for Liu Bei from scratch by virtue of his own ability and interpersonal network established in Jingzhou.

In contrast, in Pang Tong, a county magistrate failed to do well and was dismissed. Don't say that Pang Tong is not a talented person. It's a waste to be a county magistrate. If you can't even do a county magistrate well, why can you do great things? Of course, if Pang Rang is a counselor, he only needs to give advice to the master, not to be responsible for specific affairs. In this way, Pang played his part. In fact, this is how Liu Bei arranged Pang Tong. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, the difference between Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang came out.

Liu Bei

Zhuge Liang has been engaged in logistics and internal affairs, and Pang Tong became Liu Bei's counselor, giving advice to Liu Bei. In particular, Pang Tong participated in all the plans of Liu Bei's fighting in Sichuan, and provided many practical suggestions for Liu Bei. For example, when Liu Beichu entered Sichuan, he suggested that Liu Bei win Liu Zhang, but Liu Bei refused. For example, Liu Bei planned three strategies to capture Yizhou. Liu Bei chose the middle strategy and finally captured Yizhou.

Pang Tong's strength lies in strategy and tactics. It can be seen from his life experience that Pang Tong, as a counselor, made a fatal mistake. As a senior counselor of Liu Bei, he died in the front. When Liu Bei attacked Los Angeles (now Guanghan, Sichuan), Pang Tong was killed by an arrow. Throughout the Three Kingdoms, counselors at this level are all dead. No one is a counselor except Pang Tong.

On the other hand, Zhuge Liang, when he entered Yizhou from Jingzhou, also participated in the war to pacify Yizhou, but he completed the task without any problems. At this point, Zhuge Liang was far superior to Pang Tong. Zhuge Liang, as Xiao He of Liu Bei, participated in the formulation of all organizational structures and laws of the Shu-Han regime. Of course, if Pang Tong is not dead, there is still hope to participate, but only Zhuge Liang, such as Liu Bei's favorite counselor Fa Zheng, will participate in the book.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang

If you must compare Zhuge Liang with Pang Tong, you can make an analogy. We can compare Zhuge Liang to Yu Xun and Pang Tong to Guo Jia. Do you think Yu Xunqiang or Guo Jiaqiang?

Generally speaking, Zhuge Liang is a versatile and talented prime minister. Politics, military affairs and literature are all his strengths. He not only has theory, but also has strong personal ability and can lead troops to fight. Pang Tong is a minor student, whose specialty lies in military strategy. Even a county can't be managed well, let alone lead troops to fight. Pang Tong died because he led the troops to fight, which is only an estimate. So on the whole, Zhuge Liang is better than Pang in overall statistics and only comparable to Pang Tong in military strategy.