Politicians, military strategists and writers at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty all compared Liu Bowen with Zhuge Liang, which shows that Liu Bowen's status is also quite high. Liu Bowen lived up to expectations. He helped Zhu Yuanzhang pacify the world. He is also famous for his ingenious calculation and strategizing on the battlefield. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the world is divided into three parts and Liu Bowen is unified. Zhuge Liang, a former strategist, and Liu Bowen, a later strategist. Liu Bowen's intelligence is by no means under Zhuge Liang.

We all know that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in cloth, so it was very hard for him to get the throne, so after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang tried every means to kill all the founding ministers around him. On one occasion, Zhu Yuanzhang gave a banquet to kill ministers, but Liu Bowen used his own wit to resolve it, which became a much-told story and was widely circulated.

At a birthday party in Ma Huanghou, Zhu Yuanzhang invited ministers to dinner, but all the dishes served were light dishes such as green vegetables and tofu, and there were no meat dishes at all. You said that these dignitaries used to eat big fish and big meat at ordinary times, and suddenly they couldn't swallow any more, which made great contributions to the opening of the country in the Ming Dynasty. If Zhu Yuanzhang dared not kill them, they shouted at the court. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in cloth since he was a child. He is well aware of the sufferings of the people, so he has always advocated thrift. He was naturally angry when he saw this situation, but he didn't put his inner unhappiness on his face. Instead, let the royal chef add three more dishes: steamed bird's nest, braised rabbit meat and braised dog meat. Ministers are fooling around, only Liu Bowen hasn't eaten those three dishes.

After the banquet, Liu Bowen also understood the meaning and looked worried. Xu Da saw it and asked Liu Bowen why he didn't eat food. Liu Bowen said earnestly: Brothers are about to face disaster. The original meaning of those three dishes: steamed bird's nest, which means that birds are exhausted and good bows are hidden; And that braised rabbit meat braised dog meat is a sly rabbit's death and a running dog's cooking.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had a long history of murder, and then set a fire to celebrate the success of building. Because Liu Bowen and Xu Da had already figured out the imperial edict, they escaped. Of course, this story is only widely circulated among folk storytellers.