Zhuge Liang thought highly of him and praised him in a letter wrote to his elder brother Zhuge Jin in Wu: “Xiaoqi is of honest and loyal nature even so he becomes even wiser as he grows older.
Zhuge Liang held him in the highest regard and extolled his virtues in a letter he penned to his elder brother Zhuge Jin in Wu: “Xiaoqi's character remains steadfast and true, even as he develops into a more mature and discerning person.”