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;--Zhuge Liang and Corleone. In fact, the two characters are very different. One is the loyally military counselor; the other is the king of the underworld. One may feel very strange to connect them together as the obverse figures. So what is the definition of the positive figure? According to most people’s view, it is these characters that represent the righteous part, are supported by authors, and stand for the values of most people. Zhuge Liang and Corleone just belong to this kind of characters. Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei who represented the lineal Han Dynasty loyally. What Corleone protected was the poor people abandoned and threatened by the so-called democratic society. Both of them used their wisdom to build their own kingdoms. As the positive figures, they have many similarities. Originating from two different works which were written in different periods and backgrounds, the two figures are depicted in different ways. I. The Portrait of Zhuge Liang in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms The lifetime of Zhuge Liang shines the legendary colors. Just as the incarnation of deity, he owns inexhaustible wits and tactics. From his appearing in Chapter 37 to his passing away in Chapter 104 of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, almost all the 67 chapters run around him. It seems that the history of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more like his autobiography. The following two parts will be spared to describe some depictions and stories about Zhuge Liang, from which we can easily learn about the theme of this character. A. The Image of Zhuge Liang While Liu Bei meets Zhuge Liang the first time, the author uses the aspect of Liu Bei to depict the appearance of Zhuge Liang like this: the height of Zhuge Liang is about 1.70m; his face is like the beautiful and perfect jade. He wears the black scarf on his head and a piece of chock made of the feathers of cranes. He is so handsome, spirited like the divinity. Just several sentences depict a typical intellectual figure and express his perfect wisdom by suggestion. B. Zhuge Liang’s Deeds a. The Country’s Tripartition Foreseen at Longzhong Before Liu Bei sees Zhuge Liang by his own eyes, all the comments on him are from others. For example, Zhuge Liang compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi who were both the famous talents in Chunqiu and Zhan Dynasty. While the others suspect that he just showed himself off, Sima Hui, a famous wise man, gives him the following comments: he is alike Jiang Ziya who reconstructed Zhou Dynasty and Zhang Zifang who boomed Han Dynasty. Until the third time Liu Bei visits Zhuge Liang, he and the readers sense the perfect wisdom and are fully convinced. In fact, although Zhuge Liang has great fame in his hometown, he is only a farmer before Liu Bei meets him. Never experiencing the outside world, he speaks out the temporary situation easily and concretely. In the north, Cao Cao abducts the emperor to control the ministers. He owns more than 1 million soldiers. In the south, Sun Quan has taken the north bank of Changjiang River which has advantageous physiognomy. If Liu Bei wants to build his own kingdom, he should catch the heart of the common people; seize Jinzhou state as his beachhead and capture western part of Sichuan to become the great power which can compete with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. In a small piece, Zhuge Liang analyzes the situations clearly and divides the world into three parts. It could be said that all the following storie