Is “He was trapped in Zhuge Liang's Eight Trigrams Formation and rescued by Huang Chengyan.” true?
novel invention
The official history in 「《三国志·吴书·陆逊传》」 contains no record of Lu Xun being trapped in the Eight Formation Diagram; in the novel, Huang Chengyan leading Lu Xun out of the Eight Trigrams Formation is an embellishment added for supernatural effect. (Original text: “逊问曰:“长者何人?”老人答曰:“老夫乃诸葛孔明之岳父黄承彦也。昔小婿入川之时,于此布下石阵,名‘八阵图’。”——Source: data/raw/sanguo-yanyi/第084回.txt)
Lu Xun
A famous general of Eastern Wu who, according to official history, was a pillar of the state and defeated Liu Bei at the Battle of Xiaoting.
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