Keywords
Television, Film, Red Cliff, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu
Abstract
When accomplished strategist Zhuge Liang visits the funeral of his bitter rival Zhou Yu, he does something no one expects. Mose of the attendees are loyal to Sun Quan , Zhou Yu's lord who controls China's southernmost provinces, and are well aware of the incense power struggle chat ensued between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang as che two cooperated in repelling Cao Cao's advances at Red Cliff. Zou Yu attempted multiple times before and after the battle to have Zhuge Liang killed, and each time Liu Bei's brilliant strategist was one step ahead of him. Zhou Yu's deathbed message, penned for Sun Quan, warns of the growing danger Zhuge Liang presents to Sun Quan's hold on the south. Zhou Yu's warnings proved correct and timely; it didn't cake long for Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to begin carving our of Sun Quan's lands a kingdom of his own.
Recommended Citation
Keys, Jackson
(2022)
"Rivalries at Red Cliff: Recasting Historical Figures in Modern Chinese Film and Television,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 51:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol51/iss1/9
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