Is “The donkey satire and the ambush at Xincheng” true?
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Zhuge Ke, records in detail the entire process of his intelligence and eloquence, his victory at Dongxing, his great defeat at Xincheng, and his execution along with his three clans after being ambushed by Sun Jun; the novel basically follows the official history. The original text says, “孙权大会群臣，使人牵一驴入，长检其面，题曰诸葛子瑜。”（《Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, Er, Sun, and Puyang》）
Both official histories and novels record events such as the donkey satire, the victory at Dongxing, the disastrous defeat at Xincheng, and his ambush and execution by Sun Jun.
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