When it comes to Zhuge Liang's goose feather fan, many people may first think of Zhou Yu, who is "heroic and cool, with a black towel on his feather fan". However, is the clothing image of "feather fan black silk scarf" Zhou Yu's exclusive patent? Obviously not, but a kind of social culture, the fashionable costume of literati. In other words, Zhou can "feather fan black silk scarf" and Zhuge Liang can "feather fan black silk scarf".
According to the only historical records about Zhuge Liang's image, Pei Qi's Yu Lin in Jin Dynasty records that when Cao Wei and Shu Han confronted each other in Wuzhangyuan, Sima Yi sent people to spy on Zhuge Liang's army. Soon, in return, Zhuge often rode in a crude two-wheeled Xiao Mu, wearing a rag towel and holding a white feather fan to command the three armies to camp. Hearing this, Sima Yi sighed: "Kong Ming is really a famous soldier!" .
At the same time, judging from the poems praising bamboo fans and feather fans written by Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms period and Lu Ji in the Jin Dynasty, bamboo fans and feather fans should be very popular in the society at that time. According to "Biography of Liang Shu Xie Ju", fans are the pets of literati, so they are nicknamed "elegant things with sleeves".
It can be seen that both Zhou Yu's "feather fan black silk scarf" and Zhuge Liang's "feather fan black silk scarf" were popular costumes in society at that time.
Second, answer the question again.
Answer 1: Why did Zhuge Liang use a feather fan instead of a sword on the battlefield?
Zhuge Liang was originally a simple literati. If he hangs a sword around his waist, it is not in line with his status, but will leave a laughing stock. However, Zhou Yu, who is also a feather fan towel, is a swordsman. Although it is a "feather fan towel" at ordinary times, it is raining with swords in wartime. In addition, Sima Yi, who is also a scholar, is famous as a strategist, but rarely dances swords on the battlefield.
Zhuge Liang has always prided himself on "strategizing and winning thousands of miles", so it is normal not to use swords. But the battlefield command can't go with a wave of his hand, which is too casual compared with the battlefield killed by Xiao; Second, it is detrimental to their own literati image.
At the same time, in ancient times, fans were also regarded as symbols of official positions. So it is not surprising that Zhuge Liang chose the feather fan popular among the scribes.
To this end, in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao, a former observer of Xiangyang, wrote a sentence in Zhuge Shi Hua, "Fan shakes the moon tripod for three points, and the stone is dark in eight arrays." It further confirmed the fact that Zhuge Liang fought with a goose feather fan.
Answer 2: Why do you use it all year round and not in a certain season?
First, in ancient times, fans not only had the meaning of "kindness" and "kindness", but also were a ritual ceremony of "holding fans to yield" on various occasions. So it's not surprising that they are used all year round.
Second, fans also have the intention of flying to rejuvenate the country. This meaning comes from the saying "Yun Lei Fan, walk with diligent king". Zhuge Liang's lifelong ambition is to revitalize the Han Dynasty, so it is normal for feather fans to stay around.
Third, the ancients thought that fans had better exorcism effect, so it is understandable that Zhuge Liang wanted to use fans to exorcise evil spirits all year round.
Fourth, fans can drive away impetuousness and clear up thoughts, which is beneficial to thinking. For example, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, Nie Weiping, Ma, and other chess masters in live TV broadcasts all like to hold folding fans in their hands and open them from time to time. At the same time, in real life, when a person is upset, most of them like to unbutton the two buttons under their necks and shake the fans a few times. It can be seen that fans do have the functions of driving away rashness, clearing the mind, calming the heart and thinking.
Therefore, for Zhuge Liang, who likes to deal with the military and political affairs of a country personally, I don't know how many important things to consider and how many troubles to disturb his mind every day. So, it's really helpful to slap a few times at this time.
Answer 3: Why use feather fans instead of other fans?
First, Jingzhou and Yizhou have dense water networks, which are very suitable for raising ducks, geese and other poultry. Compared with bamboo "acacia fan", it is more convenient to obtain materials.
Second, feather fans can better show Zhuge Liang's qualities of indifference, elegance, elegance, frugality and elegance, and are light and easy to carry.
Third, feather fans have flying wings, which is more in line with Zhuge Liang's lifelong ambition.
So Zhuge Liang will hold a goose feather fan all year round.
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