【英文摘要】 In China, "Three Kingdoms Culture" is a unique cultural phenomenon, which has a broad and profound effect upon Chinese people's cultural life. And among the historical figures in the period of Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was one of the most distinctive. However, most Chinese people only know about the artistic image of Zhuge Liang in "Romance of Three Kingdoms". As for the real person in history, few people are familiar with him except for some scholars and researchers. The two images are different, and the artistic image of Zhuge Liang has developed through a long period.Chen Shou lived in the same time as Zhuge Liang, when the State of Shu was evolving into the State of Jin, so his description of Zhuge Liang should be the closest to the historical facts, and thus the most authoritative. In his "Records of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou depicts Zhuge's great ambition, strategic eyesight and noble moral characters, and he also spares no words on Zhuge's achievements in running the country, thus the image of "a minister through the ages" shows vividly in the writing. However, the author gives no much account of Zhuge's military talents, and for much warfare he only mentions a little, though he also speaks of Zhuge's achievements in array, such as "for deducing military methods, drawing Eight Arrays pictures, he all knew the key points"; he also mentions Zhuge's creative thinking and the invention of "wooden oxen and fluid horses, and successive crossbows". Nevertheless, Chen Shou definitely states that: "Talking about Zhuge Liang's talents, he is good at running the soldiers and the people, yet not familiar with military tricks." In the book "Records of Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang, as a historical figure, is an outstanding statesman, diplomat, and a loyal subject and good minister, who is much different from the artistic image of a supernatural military counselor and embodiment of wisdom depicted in "Romance of Three Kingdoms". In China's long history, Brahmins and scholar-bureaucrats of every dynasty paid much attention to the historical figure of Zhuge Liang. His loyalty to Liu's Family, his practice of managing state affairs according to the law, his incorruptibility and not seeking fame and wealth were all admired by them, especially his spirit of "sparing no effort in the performance of my duty until my death", which became the creed dogma of many people with lofty ideals in Chinese history. They wrote a lot of articles and poems to show their respect and yearn for Zhuge Liang.The artistic image of Zhuge Liang comes from folklore. From the Period of Wei and Jin Dynasties there emerged the tales about Zhuge Liang. At the beginning, shortly after Zhuge'sdeath, his stories spread among the people in the Kingdom of Shu, and people mainly commemorated him as a sagacious minister. Later on, some legends about Zhuge Liang began to appear. In the annotation of "Records of Three Kingdoms " made by Pei Songzhi, the famous story of "Strategy of Empty City" was quoted. During the period of Wei, Jin, South and North Dynasties, with the appearance and prevalence of mystery stories, the image of Zhuge Liang began to be covered with the color of mystery. During the period of Sui and Tang Dynasties, drama appeared. According to the novels anthropology "Records of Peace " edited by Li Fang in North Song Dynasty, dramas about the Three Kingdoms had appeared. In Tang Dynasty, a folk artistic form called "Tale telling" appeared, and stories of the Three Kingdoms were talked about widely for the richness of materials and all kinds of political and military contradictions and conflicts. In the "Bianwen" of Tang Dynasty, stories of how Liu's family valued Kongming were quoted, which were more bizarre and mysterious than those in the periods of Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties and bear more characteristics of folklore. In the Song Dynasty, "Tale telling" developed more maturely and became one of the main folk artistic forms in the social life of citizens, having the classification of "novels" and
