In Fiction
In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after the Battle of Xiaoting and the death of Liu Bei, Deng Zhi was sent by Zhuge Liang as an envoy to rebuild their former alliance with Sun Quan's forces. Sun Quan's advisor Zhang Zhao suggested to set up a large cauldron filled with boiling water outside the meeting hall. When Deng Zhi arrived, he did not pay the proper respects to Sun Quan, and Sun threatened to have him thrown into the cauldron. However, Deng Zhi succeeded in persuading Sun Quan to let him live and convinced Sun to form an alliance with the state of Shu Han.
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