三國時劉備曾依孔明計，
向東吳借荊州作為立足地，
到後來得了西蜀土，
魏蜀吳鼎足之勢才確立。
東吳的孫權和周瑜，
君臣共同拿主意，
都認為荊州被借已數載，
劉備已有了根據地，
西蜀必須還荊州，
不還就是無信義。
東吳就幾次三番派人討，
劉備卻心中實在難舍棄。
東吳一時無辦法，
再召群臣來商議。
定計謀謊稱孫權有一妹，
打算招劉備做女婿。
聯姻後齊心協力抗曹操，
團結一致來對敵。
待把那劉備騙到東吳後，
便扣下劉備作人質。
假若是西蜀不把荊州還，
他劉備休想再回去！
諸葛亮得悉東吳要招婿，
心中想，準是東吳耍詭計。
好孔明足智多謀名不虛，
讓劉備按他的計策去行事。
到東吳居然娶了孫小姐，
又巧妙地逃回西蜀去。
那周瑜帶了兵士來追趕，
諸葛亮卻埋下兵將打伏擊。
東吳招婿故事險，
《三國演義》記詳細。
那東吳賠了夫人又折兵，
孫權周瑜氣半死。
故事演化為成語，
常比喻，某人一心占便宜，
結果便宜未占到，
還蒙受雙重大損失。
Losing the Princess and Bunches of Soldiers
During the period of the Three Kingdoms（220—265A。D。），Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's strategy，and borrowed the city of Jingzhou from the Kingdom of Wu as his military foothold。He then captured the area of Shu and finally formed the layout of the Three Kingdoms。
In the Kingdom of Wu，both King Sun Quan and his consultant Zhou Yu thought it was high time that Liu Bei returned the city of Jingzhou to them。He had borrowed it for years and had already built up his own military base。The Kingdom of Shu must return Jingzhou to the Kingdom of Wu，otherwise，it would be an unfaithful thing to do。
The Kingdom of Wu sent officials several times to request for the city，but Liu Bei was reluctant to give it back。As the Kingdom of Wu had no other way out at that time，the King called the ministers together and decided to carry out an intrigue。They passed word to the Kingdom of Shu that King Sun Quan had a younger sister who wished to marry Liu Bei。With the marriage，Wu and Shu would join forces in resistance against Cao Cao wholeheartedly。