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Pingman Zhizhangtu 平蠻指掌圖
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The Pingman Zhizhangtu (Map for Pacifying the Man) is the map of the Nanman lands that, in the Romance, Lü Kai of Yongchang drew and presented to Zhuge Liang. In the account of Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign in Chapter 87 of the Romance, Lü Kai presents this map, drawn after secretly surveying places suitable for stationing troops and giving battle, and Zhuge Liang makes him Military Instructor and concurrently Guide Officer and advances deep into the Nanman lands. Romance, Ch. 87 §27–29
The Romance mentions the Pingman Zhizhangtu once, in Chapter 87. It appears neither in Chen Shou's text nor in Pei Songzhi's commentary. Chen Shou's biography of Lü Kai says only that he held off Yong Kai together with the Assistant of the Commandery Wang Kang and defended Yongchang Commandery, and that Zhuge Liang, on reaching the south, submitted a memorial praising his loyalty and then made him Administrator of Yunnan. Romance, Ch. 87 §28Records, Shu 13 §21 · 27
In the Romance
In Chapter 87 of the Romance, Zhuge Liang, setting out on his southern expedition in the 3rd year of Jianxing (225), reaches Yongchang and, hearing from the Administrator Wang Kang that the commandery was kept safe entirely through the efforts of Lü Kai of Buwei in Yongchang, sends for him. When Zhuge Liang asks what wise views he has for pacifying the lands of the Man, Lü Kai takes out a map and presents it. Romance, Ch. 87 §2 · 27–28
Lü Kai says that since taking office he had known that the southerners had long meant to rebel, so he secretly sent men into their lands to survey places suitable for stationing troops and giving battle and drew this map. He says it is called the "Pingman Zhizhangtu" and that a look at it will be of some help in attacking the Nanman. Zhuge Liang, greatly pleased, makes Lü Kai Military Instructor and concurrently Guide Officer, and leads his troops deep into the Nanman lands. Romance, Ch. 87 §28–29
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Ownership history
| Owner | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Lü Kai | ~225 | Romance 「呂凱遂取一圖，呈與孔明」 · 「建興三年」 |
| Zhuge Liang | 225~ | Romance 「今敢獻與明公」 · 「建興三年」 |
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