Is “Persuading Fu Shiren to surrender and debating a group of scholars” true?
based on fact
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Yu Fan records the historical facts of his persuading Fu Shiren to surrender and his wild straightforwardness leading to exile in Jiaozhou; Romance of the Three Kingdoms fictionalizes the scene of Zhuge Liang debating a group of scholars at Chaisang and refuting Yu Fan.
Yu Fan
The official history records his persuading Fu Shiren to surrender and his straightforward speech leading to exile in Jiaozhou, while the novel fictionalizes Zhuge Liang debating a group of scholars at Chaisang.