In Fiction
The depiction of his ill-fated defense of Shu capital in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms was quite dramatized. When Liu Shan, the Shu Han emperor, asked Zhuge Zhan to think of a plan to save the state, he thought of a plan by dressing up like his father Zhuge Liang, to scare the enemy off. His ruse shocked Cao Wei army into believing Zhuge Liang indeed returned from the dead. However, under leardership of Deng Ai, the Wei army regrouped and attacked again, sending Zhuge to the underworld in the process.
Zhuge Zhan died defending Mianzhu Pass with his son Zhuge Shang, along with Huang Chong (son of Huang Quan), hopelessly outnumbered.
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