"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a popular historical novel in ancient China, which tells the political and military struggles among the three regimes of Wei, Shu, and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. In this novel, two outstanding counselors, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, are praised as "Wolong" and "Fengchu", and their wisdom and talent have become a beautiful landscape in the story. So, how did these two titles come about?

1. Zhuge Liang: Wolong

Zhuge Liang, styled Kongming and nicknamed Wolong. His nickname originated from the prophecy of Huang Cheng'er. At that time, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang, who was living in solitude in Longzhong, three times personally in order to find him. However, the first two times were unsuccessful due to Zhuge Liang being away. Until the third time, Liu Bei finally waited for Zhuge Liang to return. In the conversation with Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei found that he had a profound understanding of the general situation of the world, so he asked him to come out and assist him. Later, with his outstanding wisdom and strategy, Zhuge Liang helped Liu Bei establish the Shu Han regime and became its prime minister.

2. Pang Tong: Fengchu

Pang Tong, styled Shiyuan and nicknamed Fengchu. Like Zhuge Liang, he is also an extremely talented counselor. Pang Tong was originally a subordinate of Sun Quan, but later was appreciated by Liu Bei and switched to Shu Han. During the period of Shu Han, he proposed the strategy of "alliance with Wu against Cao", making important contributions to the development of Shu Han. However, he unfortunately died on the battlefield during a campaign. The origin of the nickname "Fengchu" is not clearly mentioned in the novel. But it can be speculated that this nickname also originated from people's praise and affirmation of his talent.

3. Conclusion

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are respectively called "Wolong" and "Fengchu", and these two nicknames fully demonstrate people's admiration for their wisdom and talent. Although the historical Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are not as magical and perfect as described in the novel, they are indeed very outstanding counselors and politicians during the Three Kingdoms period. Their wisdom and talent not only influenced the political situation at that time, but also became a story praised by later generations.

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