中英雙語話中國歷史名人 第25期:諸葛亮
Zhuge Liang (181~234), celebrated adviser to Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Han Dynasty.
諸葛亮(181~234 )，劉備著名的謀士，蜀漢王朝的創建人。Zhuge Liang, to whom supernatural powers often are ascribed, has been a favoured character of many Chinese plays and stories.
諸葛亮在人們眼中是具有超自然能力的。在許多中國戲曲和故事裏，諸葛亮都是一個很受歡迎的人物。
Legend states that Liu Bei, then a minor military figure, heard of Zhuge Liang's great wisdom and came three times to the wilderness retreat to which Zhuge had retired to seek him out as an adviser. It is known that Zhuge helped Liu organize a large army and found a Dynasty.
傳說，劉備聽說了諸葛亮的智慧於是三顧茅廬請他出山，諸葛亮輔佐劉備組織廠一支大軍，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 ascend the throne himself if the prince were unable to rule.
劉備對諸葛亮的智慧仰慕不已，以至於他臨死時告訴兒子要聽從諸葛亮的建議，並告訴諸葛亮，如果他兒子不行的話，諸葛亮應該稱帝。A mechanical and mathematical genius, Zhuge is credited with inventing a bow for shooting several arrows at once and with perfecting the Eight Dispositions, a series of military tactics.
諸葛亮是一個機械和數學天才，發明了一次可以發射數支箭的弓，完善了八陣圖(一系列的軍事策略)。In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the great 14th-century historical novel, Zhuge is one of the main characters; he is portrayed as being able to control the wind and foretell the future.
在14世紀偉大的歷史小說《三國演義》中，諸葛亮是主要人物之一，被描述成個能夠呼風喚雨預知未來的人物。In 1724 he was made a Confucian saint.
1724年，諸葛亮被尊爲“儒聖”。
