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 had immense respect for this individual and lauded him in a letter he wrote to his older brother Zhuge Jin in Wu: "As Xiaoqi matures, his inherent goodness and loyalty become even more pronounced, accompanied by an increasing capacity for wisdom."