Among the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang has a clever plan. Why didn't Cao Cao invite him out of the mountain? He doesn't know the name of Wolong.

In fact, Zhuge Liang was not famous before the Three Kingdoms, at least before Battle of Red Cliffs. He is not only unknown, but also unknown at all. Not only Cao Cao didn't know, but most people didn't know Zhuge Liang except Pang Degong, Pang Tong, Si Mahui and Xu Shu. Even Liu Bei knows that Zhuge Liang was recommended by Si Mahui and Xu Shu.

Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Xiangyang before coming out of the mountain. Usually, I plow fields, read books, chat with friends in my circle, drink and occasionally travel, so most people don't know Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's title of Wolong was put forward by Pang Degong. Pang Degong, a native of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, was a celebrity in Jingzhou at that time. At that time, Liu Biao, the secretariat of Jingzhou, invited Pang Degong as a scholar several times. Because of Liu Biao's personality, Pang Degong agreed to live in seclusion, while Zhuge Liang was a student of Pang Degong, and Pang Tong, a minor celebrity at that time, was Pang Degong's second son.

Si Mahui, a famous scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in Yangzhai, Yingchuan (now Yuzhou, Henan). He is well-versed in Taoism, magic door, art of war and Confucian classics, and is known as "Mr. Water Mirror".

Si Mahui was exiled to Xiangyang, Jingzhou and other places because of the war. He met Pang Degong and had a close relationship, so he met Zhuge Liang, while Pang Tong was a famous soldier from Si Mahui. Pang Tong visited Si Mahui on foot for thousands of kilometers, talked with him, and was praised by Si Mahui, so he became famous in Pang Tong. Visible Si Mahui was very famous at that time.

After knowing Liu Bei, Si Mahui also recommended Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to Liu Bei, thinking that they were both capable people.

At that time, talents were basically recommended by celebrities. For example, Zhong You, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Fu, Zhicai and Guo Jia were recommended to Cao Cao, and most of them were reused by Cao Cao.

However, most of Cao Cao's Jinshi were from Yingchuan and Runan, and there was no Jinshi from Jingzhou, so Zhuge Liang was not recommended to Cao Cao. Besides, Zhuge Liang's activities were in Xiangyang area of Jingzhou, which was the ruling place of Jingzhou at that time and was in charge of Liu Biao. Liu Biao and Cao Cao are at odds and belong to hostile forces.

However, Cao Cao did not go south until AD 208. At this time, Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei under the care of Liu Bei, and Cao Cao could not be Zhuge Liang. It is said that Zhuge Liang's whimsy is only the plot in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In real history, Zhuge Liang is not so divine. Zhuge Liang's fame was all after Liu Bei's death. He was in charge of the military and political power of Shu and Han Dynasties, started his career in Qishan, northern expedition to Cao Wei, ruled the country according to law, and did his best until his death.