5 SMARTEST People in Chinese History

[@shikifuujin4800]

zhuge liang and pang tong liu bei was so lucky

[@kaimengquek1952]

shiki fuujin pity he didnt give 2 shits about them.

[@SilentMover95]

LOL. What do you mean he didnt give 2 shits about them? Bruh....you have no historical knowledge

[@LeetStruggle]

yeah sadly his son is trash

[@albertwang3536]

kaimeng quek he had mad respect for them. His son was the one who pity them.

[@StryderK]

Darren Zou ahhh. Fu Bu Qi De Ah Dou

[@rinmorinai]

Video: mentions "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Me: Zhuge Laing IS gonna be in this countdown Video: "You know the reference of Dynasty Warriors" Me: I LOVE THIS VIDEO ALREADY!

[@xiaolang97]

this vid is one of its kind, awesome

[@AsirAjmal]

I love Chinese culture, history and civilization. 我爱中国文化。you are doing a great job of bringing it to the world.

[@大唐李世民]

谢谢你喜欢我们的文化

[@AsirAjmal]

@@大唐李世民 别客气。

[@Absolut531kmh]

@@大唐李世民 他不喜欢，他爱 😂

[@jia2001]

Keep it up Mike!! Your doing a good job!

[@江思齐]

Great explanation! Yet there is a typo in the picture. The prime minister of Qi is not "羅貫中“, who is a novelist in Ming Dynasty, but “管仲”.

[@junezhang2128]

I was so baffled when I saw that name associated with the Seven Kingdoms, that was a complete mistake.

[@edicity]

Agree. He should be “管仲” instead of "羅貫中“. Please correct it.

[@elmtutch1992]

Hahaha

[@dylanakent]

Thanks for this video and your selection of Chen Dynasty for a channel name. It will bring you GREAT SUCCESS! This is important because we don't learn enough about Ancient China in American schools (sometimes we don't learn anything at all) and it had a tremendous influence through inventions and trade with the rest of the world. You also reminded me that I made a promise to myself a long time ago that I would sit down and read the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms books. I am ordering Volume 1 now.

[@MikuniNyan55]

Anyone play Dynasty warriors ? 😍 xD Comment down who is your favourite character ? Mines is XiaoQiao! :)

[@jemalla9983]

Me i play it since 2008 :) Xia Qiao and Da qiao are great i use to play them. i also play Warriors Orochi which my fav is Da ji :)

[@jemalla9983]

Lian shi was one of my fav alsp

[@aireon9324]

my favourite character is gan ning from wu

[@jemalla9983]

+ARIEON CALMES the guy with big machete? hehe

[@aireon9324]

he used many bad ass weapons because he's a badass former pirate

[@chelseapool4005]

I'm currently watching Three Kingdoms and wow it's so good! Crazy to think my fascination and love for Chinese history all stemmed from a single game of Dynasty Warriors. You've found a new subscriber! Please keep up the good work! I'm loving your channel!

[@LOLMAN9538]

Same here! For me it unfortunately was the dumpster fire that was Dynasty Warriors 9.

[@Seisoks]

For me it was Romance Six/VI or RotK 6 , a strategy game which have biography of every officers and play through of chinese history of that time. Taught myself english from that game and jackie chen films. Not good english but pretty good.

[@花梨-b8r]

我是一个中国人我为你点赞

[@daniellezykowska981]

Thank you so much for posting. You literally always teach me so many inspirational things. Your attitude is respectful and fun it’s a honour to listen and learn from you. Peace

[@thrillhouse4151]

Hua Tuo used weed with his anesthesia! Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the best work of literature on earth, even better than Lord of the Rings.

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

Though Lord of the Rings names are harder to pronounce.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

The Iliad begs to differ.

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

@@SagaciousNihilist What are you talking about? The Iliad, despite being good in it's own rights, doesn't even hold a candle to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 Lol, You mean apart from its cultural and global impact, by comparison?

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

​@@SagaciousNihilist Religious books have had much more cultural and global impact than the Iliad, but that doesn't mean they're better literary wise. As far as literature goes, the Three Kingdoms reigns supreme. It's characters are way more in depth and the story is simply better written.

[@juchen3308]

Fascinating info, thank you! Those powers you described, many of us had them in those days. And the potential is still there for us to rediscover these abilities.

[@sherrybyw]

I LOVEEE all of these videos. Seriously. It's entertaining to watch & is educational at the same time I can't help but think of Takeshi Kaneshiro whenever I see the pics of Zhuge Liang

[@daisydove3336]

sherrybyw lol me too!

[@a40076]

I love you 😘

[@waichongkhoo3323]

sherrybyw c

[@pomato-1358]

I love you too

[@benjaminyap.5491]

sherryb

[@TheMagicCrafter]

Zhuge Liang 🙌🏻 Not going to lie, Dynasty Warriors is what brought me here. I grew up with the games, but only recently realized that they are based somewhat on history. It is so fascinating! I want to visit Zhuge Liang's temple someday- and Cao Cao's grave. Thanks so much for sharing this! (P.S.) My newest mermaid character is going to be based somewhat off of Dynasty Warriors. Would love to pick your brain on some things someday 😄🖤

[@suhairawsaj3638]

I love the Three Kingdoms! It is really popular on arab tv.

[@13141beizi]

Hi, friend from Arabia. How do you do?

[@SimonCleric]

I'll admit, my knowledge in Chinese history probably extends juuuust a little bit beyond Dynasty Warriors. So I'll still choose to believe that Guo Jia is the most awesome person in history (with Lu Xun being a close(ish) second) :P But, I'm really happy youtube recommended me this channel out of the blue, it's so insightful and interesting. Thank you very much for taking your time and creating these videos.

[@ingxiong]

Guo Jia is probably the best military strategist during the three kingdoms era. Zhuge Liang is somewhere in the top 5. However, Guo Jia has little to no achievements in civilian matters, wheres for Zhuge Liang, the list went on and on and on...

[@teamhonzilla]

I watch the Three Kingdoms 2010 7 times I love that tv series damn the best in my opinion so many knowledge

[@katherinemalaga3970]

I'll be looking forward to those videos, Mike! Great video!

[@danwashere280]

Zhuge Liang is smartest for sure. He defeated Cao Cao many times and Liu Bei respected him very much.

[@wh_kers]

nope. cao cao more brilliant than him. Sima yi more crafty & clever than him, zhuge Liang tricks became useless when he faced sima yi.

[@MrAmmaralirocks1]

He isn't, he was popularized in the novel of three kingdoms because the author was a huge fan of his and listed some of other people's achievements under his name. "There is great confusion on whether the stories are historical or fictional. At least, the Empty Fort Strategy is based on historical records, albeit not attributed to Zhuge Liang historically. For Chinese people, the question is largely irrelevant, as the Zhuge Liang of lore is regardless seen as a mastermind, whose examples continue to influence many layers of Chinese society."

[@horminmangfi5653]

@@MrAmmaralirocks1 , for example?

[@pejuangmaxwin3789]

@@wh_kers Cao Cao more brilliant than Zhuge Liang...? How come this stupid comment likes by 10 stupid people's..😂😂😂😂😂.

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

@@horminmangfi5653 Sima Yi actually topped ZhuGe Liang

[@Gentleman_of_Leisure]

No Sun Tsu? His teachings are still being used today by people all over the world.

[@jeremybds1901]

Justin Washu O'Brien he's not real

[@Gentleman_of_Leisure]

+jeremy debraccio for real?

[@jeremybds1901]

Yeah i just kinda found out recently

[@dlw1218]

Sun Tsu's real, but only a strategist. These ppl in video are deemed as masters in many fields, for instance, both Zhuge Liang and Jiang Ziya was not only brilliant military strategists but also politicians, scientists, inventors, engineers, prophets and sometimes even deities; and Guan Zhong( although he's even a bit more ancient than Sun Tsu) was a great economist, politician, and gourmet.

[@leonardsun9638]

Sun Tzu is missing? no no no... you are forgetting someone Mike. even Zhu Ge Liang referred to the Art of War by Sun Tzu..

[@danwashere280]

4:45 Is that a picture of the original Liu Bei from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1994 version?

[@packerfreak88]

Dan_was_here 2 I caught that too

[@wentaoxue6612]

Yes he is

[@bencunningham3968]

Great video. There are some minor inaccuracies. At 2:58, the video mentioned 姜子牙lived in accordance with Taoist teachings, where in fact Taoism wasn't invented until the late Period of Zhou by 老子 who worked as a librarian for Zhou royal court. 管仲 is not 羅貫中 at 4:34 and at 6:15, the latter is the writer of the Romance of Three Kingdom. At 4:45, the man in the purple robe is not 管仲 but 劉備 who was the founder of Shu Kingdom in late Han Dynasty. The charters beside him reads: If Bei (himself) has gained foothold, then the mediocre (the current rulers) are not worthy of being taken seriously. Great work!

[@ingxiong]

taoism was not invented by 老子. the first written script about it is attributed to a person supposedly bearing that name. however, the said person may or may not be historical. taoism started about four hundred years before 姜子牙, at least according to the legends, as it is said that he went to study from a master of the way of the heaven and earth, who was the eldest disciple of the first human who became an immortal, 400 years ago.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Comrade, what are their names in ENGLISH? Need to know and learn them

[@ingxiong]

@@shinsenshogun900 老子 = Lao Zi. 姜子牙 = Jiang Zi Ya

[@sofiak8467]

Hi your videos are so awesome and so knowledgeable! ^_^

[@d.x.1152]

There is a big mistake!!! I was so confused no wonder because 4:34 THE PICTURE MIKE USED IS WRONG. THAT PERSON IS THE ONE WHO WRITE THE BOOK OF Romance of the Three Kingdoms! LIVED FROM 1330 TO 1400 AD, NOT 羅貫中 IS 管仲!

[@LupinTan]

D.H the author is 羅貫中 g.co/kgs/Au9hYQ

[@frankbruno7300]

Mike use it wrong 罗惯中is the author for romance of 3 kingdom...a rewrite story base pn history 3 kingdom

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Nicely done! The artwork is nicely chosen -- and is really amazing to start with, almost photographic in detail, but just as convincing as any other interpretative art.

[@ibonchen]

I think Cao Cao should be on this list, prior the Zhuge Laing era. The way he got to the top was brilliant itself. He literally started from a peasant to running his own kingdom and leaving a huge legacy in Wei with much talent.

[@lancelee124]

Ivan Chen No, he was not. Cao Cao is actually born from a prominent family, where his ancestors had served as high as one of the San Gong ( literally translated in english as Three Duke, which is the three highest ranks one can get in Han Dynasty ). In the Han Dynasty, there was no civil examination unlike in the later Chinese dynasty, instead, people get to work in the government through a Recommendation System which is basically controlled by the powerful family of the high-ups, and Cao Cao is one of those that get recommended to be an civil servant because of his fame and family influence. In conclusion, he is no way close to a peasant, fyi.

[@dumbdeep3036]

Despite that, his starting resources were meager compared to rival nobles.

[@aashir4718]

Lance Lee thats no no if u discredit cao cao of his acheivement u might as well discredit every one of characters of three kingdom era. Cao cao even was ready to sacrifice himself to kill dong zhou . With his meager resources at the beggining outshinning every character of three kingdom era and being soo close in unifying all china not even upsurping the han throne for himself he was on league of his own

[@hdhashbrown6726]

Liang*

[@pejuangmaxwin3789]

@@dumbdeep3036 stupid.. He is official under Dhong Shut and then run away... He started with all his father money to recruit soldiers... Sun Quan is noble family.. The poorest and has nothing is Liu Bei..

[@irwenw]

0:38 LOL. "Liu Bei went to visit Zhuge Liang in the harsh winter". Shows random picture of Zhuge Liang suffering after a failed battle strategy.

[@scrappy3490]

I believe the number 3 is Guan Zhong 管仲 instead of 罗贯中 at 4:34..

[@قصرأحلىليلةللاحتفالات]

I am from Sudan and I became addicted to this breathtaking history I learned a lot, China has a great history and I think sima should be on the list too

[@andreasjames1956]

I love the story of Zhang Liang the most

[@TheIncredibleMonty]

Yes Chen! As a huge fan of ROTTK this is an awesome series!!!

[@copyninjakakashi779]

9:52 random pic of Ma Chao lol

[@irwenw]

😂😂🤣

[@littlepanda1027]

Liu Bowen(劉伯溫) and Guiguzi(鬼谷子) should be on the list! People always said that the former one was the reincarnation(轉世) of Zhu geliang(諸葛亮) , and the latter one was a legendary man who believed to be the founder of Zonghengjia(縱橫家).In additional, Guiguzi was the teacher of many famous historical figure such as Zhang Yi(張儀), Su Qin(蘇秦), Sun Bin(孫臏)and Pang Juan(龐涓), who influenced Chinese history.

[@irwenw]

8:51 Imagine spelling it as Zhu Geliang. You might as well also use Si Mayi and Xia Houdun.

[@brinstarmedia1411]

Completely agree with the ordering. Especially number 2 and number 1

[@ryunsukeblue686]

“Get one of pheonix or dragon to obtain the world” rip liu bei had both but didint use them wise

[@m_5373]

Three Kingdoms is my fav. too, Awesome video !

[@d.x.1152]

There is a big mistake!!! I was so confused no wonder because 4:34 THE PICTURE MIKE USED IS WRONG. THAT PERSON IS THE ONE WHO WRITE THE BOOK OF Romance of the Three Kingdoms! LIVED FROM 1330 TO 1400 AD, NOT 羅貫中 IS 管仲!

[@CaptainFei-r1s]

Nice video and recap mate, thanks!

[@xxtheunknownunknowmxxxxano6719]

7:37 I love the type of people who respect their elders, it makes my faith in humanity seem more valid.

[@lyndaster46]

YAY just the best content out there. I love the fact that you add so many visual aids. it is really nice to see the art depicted. LOVE the channel!!!!

[@maldovaD]

Historically thoughx Hua Tuo didn't die in prison. He was executed by Cao Cao. He treated Cao Cao's headaches with acupuncture which immediately relieved his headaches. Cao Cao was so impressed that he had Hua Tuo (more like forced) be his personal physician. Feeling unhappy to be confined, Hua Tuo would often pretend that his wife was sick and so was unable to attend to Cao Cao and treat him. This culminated in him leaving his post and returning to his village. Cao Cao sent several letters to Hua Tuo asking him to return but Hua Tuo repeatedly found reason to procrastinate and extend his leave. Fed up, Cao Cao sent his men to investigate. If Hua Tuo's wife was truly sick, he would be rewarded with bushels of lentils. But if he were faking it, he would be arrested and brought back. Obviously, it was the latter. After confessing in prison, Cao Cao ordered him to be executed. Xun Yu attempted to stop Cao Cao and plead on Hua Tuo's behalf, but Cao Cao remarked "there will be more rats like him under the heavens." And thus, Hua Tuo was executed. Before his death, he wrote down his medicinal techniques and tried to pass them over to his jailer. The jailer was afraid of what Cao Cao would do if he found out and refused. Broken, Hua Tuo decided to burn the scrolls, wiping out all of his years of medicinal research.

[@annainspain5176]

Great history lesson! I have parts of the Three Kingdoms...need to get reading! Thanks for putting the important names on screen, too. I look forward to some of those stories.

[@SRWen-me5zv]

4:34, you are using the picture of 管仲(Guan Zhong), the chancellor of Qi Dynasty, however, the Chinese Character says 罗贯中(Luo Guan Zhong), who is the writer of the Romance of Three Kingdoms. Luo Guan Zhong is born in during Dynasty Yuan, completed his famous novel during Dynasty Ming, more than 2000 years after Guan Zhong died. I am guessing that you do not read Chinese? lol.

[@masterkoi29]

Are you Chinese??? You bash like you know everything... Chinese language has different writing techniques and not all who studied Chinese can learn that but only those people who studied Chinese since primary school knows everything. Not all Chinese teachers teach all Chinese languages, if a Chinese teacher doesn't ordinated in China,they won't teach other Chinese language writing.

[@CarolBakerRealtor]

This was most empowering and inlighting! I enjoyed it very very much and did learn a lot! Thank you!

[@georgetrevortan446]

I wish they had scientists and engineers here too, not just people made famous from video games, tv dramas, and novels.

[@horminmangfi5653]

Let the media make them famous as well

[@LegendofA]

Yes! I was waiting for this.

[@dennischuangdz]

fun fact: The maze that Zhuge LIang designed was called as Stone Sentinel Maze to trap Lu Xun from Wu kingdom during battle of Xiao Ting

[@decimuseden4096]

Dennis Zhuang and in the battle of Bai Di Castle.Too bad Liu Chan turned out to be a cowardly weakling and gave up his kingdom when confronted in war.

[@zhugeliang7832]

I believe he was pressured and thought that since he controls the shu kingdom he can do as he please.

[@foodie360d]

*The way you make your video is really appreciable*

[@leejiawei4576]

What about Sun Tzu (孙子）and Liu Bowen（刘伯温）？

[@harecrazy9104]

Lee Jia Wei confuicus was a famous scholar and Di ren jie was a famous detective, tho both of the cant compare to those that mention in the video as they were not only great military strategies but also great inventor, politician, etc

[@dilkhozaimarwat3479]

the greatest military strategist was Han Xin

[@YoonYoungJo]

I love that series!! They need to get the SAME director, a bigger budget and make an even longer more detailed one. I would have loved seeing characters like Dian Wei and other generals who didn’t make the cut in this series.

[@thrillhouse4151]

Kongming invented everything, he was the real Leonardo da Vinci. A dragon that divided all under heaven into Three

[@guesswho1047]

Love the new name!! 😍 Keep up the great work!!

[@ajshim]

Pang Tong's death makes me sad. At least how it was depicted in the book: he was insulted with mountain graffiti & then an army of archers appear to kill him.

[@keishacharm5319]

keep going your doing an amazing job don't stop. Just want to thank you for your job again hope you enjoy your Christmas holiday

[@philelmo]

Zhu Geliang was definitely not as good as everyone thinks and does great disservice to other top figures during that time. Cao Cao is who I consider the best all round figure in management, strategy, and physical ability. In strategy, you need to be cunning and be able to predict what other people will do. The best were Zhou Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Sima Yi. Zhu Geliang, at best, was a great inventor, loyalist, and a great country manager.

[@tohkenghoe]

Philip Li Zhuge Liang, Zhuge is his surname.

[@dependself]

Philip Li just shut up. it zhuge liang. get the name right then talk

[@dapooramericanhomesteadfar7192]

Never judge a book by its cover. I actually used lui bei strategies. I actually visited my helper 3 times before he willing to work for me. He didn't liked me because I was an American. I visited him 3 times in his little hut to show my sincerely. I finally agree. He's the best in making garden bed. His skill to keep the bed from sliding and hard work, saves me time. He can do a 3 men work with quality. It's always good to learn from the past.

[@BlueberryFundip]

You're so much more fun to listen to being without co-hosts😍

[@giuseppeoue784]

this is the channel that I have been searching for ages

[@jacklong3186]

You forgot Han Xin probably one of the best strategist in China

[@djbuenaventura5534]

The best

[@gabriellatsinogloy9665]

Great work Mike

[@aliadat3124]

No one is talking about fashion??. I think their clothes were so elegant and stylish

[@bobafett469]

2:31 CaoCao went to look for hotdog (turn on ur subtitle)

[@philelmo]

Zhu Geliang is a straight shooter, always attacking properly and carefully. He had too much on his shoulders and could not afford to lose many troops since his 200,000 troops were all that the kingdom has. Simayi once mentioned Zhu Geliang is second to none in country management, but cannot lead an army.

[@Akkise]

He never commanded more than 100.000. And Zhuge Liang can't compare himself to Sima Yi because he wasn't a good military commander.

[@Maitreya888]

@@Akkise No not true at all. SIma yi on countless occasion was outwitted by Zhuge Liang. Both in military strategy and political plots.

[@affalee8216]

@@Maitreya888 Zhuge liang is good in strategy, but not as good in tactical military command. Zhao Zilong excels in tactical (on the spot) command prowess.

[@sistahmels8228]

I enjoyed this video very much. Well done! Its amazing how smart these people were back in their day, figuring out things on their own. Mind boggling!

[@humayerzidan5710]

I like Zhuge liang (kongming). He is the most talented among all the hero across the world.

[@Laudanum01]

Love this Chanel, keep up the good work!!

[@hewchinling]

What about stories of Chinese deities? Like the story behind how they become a diety? :)

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

yeah, good idea

[@jomatojerries2778]

Hew Chin Ling omg yes!!!

[@nelsondcunha3156]

Good idea

[@semkoops]

I've never had much knowledge of ancient Chinese history except for dry Wikipedia articles and a few chapters in world history books. This is much more interesting. Thanks!

[@1976Ronin]

I LOVE "Romance of the 3 Kingdoms"! "Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 2" was the first strategy computer game I ever played, back in 1989 on the N.E.S.. I used to always pick Ma Teng as My ruler, with Zhou Yu as My main General. I sooo want to play R.O.T.T.K.s again, after watching this video. If only I had My old N.E.S. and game still. :(

[@honestly101]

Love the videos & the channel.

[@SammyCee23]

Someone tell me more about the wisdom of Zhu Geliang!

[@kinhnguyen1002]

You should watch the romance of three kingdoms

[@zoommonkey]

very cool vid, love history stuff.

[@cassc7694]

What music do you use? It's very lovely and peaceful.

[@zalethice1984]

I really enjoy your videos on china:) keep up the great work!

[@jamess8175]

The famous magistrate Justice Bao Zheng (包拯) is not included? He is known not only for his righteousness but also his wisdom.

[@aliadat3124]

I don't know why he's black. I acted his role just because I have a brown skin.

[@ericwong4213]

Whoever led the first PLA Battalion to cross the Yalu river, most armed with spears, swords and ww1 weapon, marched from North to South Korea on foot and captured heavily fortified Seoul city, all done in 2 weeks, wiping away all heavily armed and larger size of US armies on the way is bloody genius.

[@somguynamedpaul]

That was a pic of Ma Chao from the tv series, not Liu Bei

[@vn3083]

these may be legends but it just seems like people back then seemed to have super powers from powerful warriors such as Lu Bu to super intelligent strategists like Zhuge Liang.

[@projectjt3149]

(Commenting this before watching the video) If Kongming/Zuge Liang isn't in this list, I'm disliking. His wit is too incredible to miss.

[@projectjt3149]

YES! NUMBER ONE! Top Quality. Also interesting how one of the two people Zhege Liang compares himself to, Guan Zhong, is in here as well. Imagine what happens if Zhuge Liang's mind gets resurrected today.

[@automeha]

you re great and interesting.Please keep it up

[@alexlo7708]

If Zhuge Liang were the smartest among others He should capable of Unite China. But reality it's not. Gua Jia, the early advisor to Cao cao is beleived to be smarter than him. But He died young. When Cao Cao was overall defeated at the Red Cliff battle, He shout to the sky " Gua Jia, Had you been existed I'd never be defeated in sorrow like this ".

[@puttputt524]

alex Lo the story was a romance: the heroes lose the war.

[@sevendeadlypumpkins1174]

they just had bad generals...5 tiger generals were dead and he had no one except liu shan

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

Guo Jia gets more undeserved praise than anyone else from the era. He wasn't a bad strategist, but he wasn't this be-all-end-all ubergenius that people make him out to be. All of his fame comes from one comment by Cao Cao that most people are likely taking out of context. If Cao Cao had not said that one line, then Guo Jia would be no more popular than Cheng Yu, Han Hao and Yang Xiu.

[@fyncheniteO]

Guo Jia was not the ubergenius but he was easily one of, if not the most capable military mind of that time. He may have not turned Chibi around but he was far greater than Zhuge Liang anyway. Claiming that he was the most overrated when people still deify Zhuge Liang is just a blatant lie.

[@CamdenLong]

Thank you 🙏 so much!!!

[@ryanyan3159]

Zhu Ge Liang is a glorified figure by the Romance of Three Kingdoms because it is a fiction and its theme is to advocate Liu Bei and denounce Cao Cao. Therefore, during the three kingdoms' era, Zhu Ge Liang is just as smart as Zhou Yu and strategists such as Xu You, Guo Jia might be even smarter than him.

[@dumbdeep3036]

Liu was at least royal descendent. Ironically how he gathered power was starting at the peasant level.

[@fyncheniteO]

"Just as smart" lol no, he's far inferior than Xun You and Guo Jia in terms of military/political strategies

[@ingxiong]

Guo Jia is probably the best military strategist during the three kingdoms era. Zhuge Liang is somewhere in the top 5. However, Guo Jia has little to no achievements in civilian matters, wheres for Zhuge Liang, the list went on and on and on...

[@fyncheniteO]

Irwan Effendi "Zhuge Liang was in the Top 5" lol. Firstly Guo Jia just was about the same caliber as Xun You in military strategies and had high chance of actually achieving quite something in civilian matters, just that Chen Shou didn't attribute the merits to him in SGZ because the latter was not able to understand the infrastructure within Cao Cao's vassals. Zhuge Liang wasn't even was good as some of Cao Cao's moderately capable advisers in terms of military strategies, let alone top tier. He only got to do a lot of stuff because Shu was even lacking "moderately capable" talents and was almost under Zhuge's full autocracy. It's never fair to compare him to others in aspect of "stuffs getting done" because other subordinates of any kingdom never had the power as he did. But very few things Zhuge done were exceptional.

[@zwang3909]

@@fyncheniteO Zhuge Liang dominates in logistics and politics. His military achivements are less than perfect but can still be compared with the best generals in Wei and Wu.

[@NM-ou9el]

I absolutely love your videos, I have learned so much from you. Please keep it up. :)

[@sonnyhuynh7052]

Please do a video on Romance of the three Kingdoms! It sound very interesting

[@Frankcisco12]

watch three kingdom series, it's the best, you will watch it over and over, never gets old

[@ShinyFallingStar]

Sonny Huynh that would be a nice video subject, but it'd take forever

[@MrLi-fd4hs]

This is the 2010 version, not perfect. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX-rn4tqrdijotE

[@jargalotgonbaatar215]

dude that was good. thanks

[@blackflag4206]

just looking at this I miss playing Dynasty Warriors nostalgia

[@nummysmom]

Very interesting information. I love listening to Mike's voice....just a little bit of an accent.

[@oyonggofomocci2078]

he was an inventor: mantou, *landmines*, WHAT?! LANDMINES?!

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

nice mike....love it

[@elizabethyuan]

Hi Mike, you summarized it well, but it also makes me want to re-read the actual wen-yian-wen text. Kudos to promoting Chinese Culture!

[@mariaeleonoraurelia4760]

love your vids. :D

[@zapjack8268]

sun tzu? i think the name is or am i mistaking something?

[@patrickwilkerson1728]

I would agree from what I understand he was a military genius

[@harecrazy9104]

Class Vintage he is real.... no debate needed, just go search Sun Tsu and you'll find tons of record about him

[@感恩-k4t]

You have missed the REAL smartest guy "Zhang Heng 張衡 " in Han Dynasty . He was an astronomer, mathematician, scientist, engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Heng#Astronomy_and_mathematics

[@zkb5429]

天天謝 he only invented the earthquake detector. u say like hes the leonardo da vinci of china.

[@感恩-k4t]

nick christian Not me , it is wiki haha.

[@olivedabove]

How about, *GREATEST CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS.* or something like, *GREATEST TATTOO ARTIST FROM CHINA.* lol idk I love these videos 😊

[@a123386]

@4:33 Guan Zhong is 管仲，and 齐桓公was the lord he served. 罗贯中 was the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. :)

[@MeowkolaTesla]

I think you should drop the "The" in Chen Dynasty, because "the" sounds out of place. It's like facebook vs The facebook. "The" in any youtube channel's name doesn't sound good.

[@forlornpreponderance2299]

Mami Burger it’s not like the Facebook. It’s more like. The United States of America. The Great Britain You add the for something important “The” is an article and to add an article that item has to be specific. Facebook doesn’t have to be specific

[@jwizzle4shizzle]

1:55 and 2:08 are both depictions of the surgery Hua Tuo performed on Guan Yu after he was hit with a poison arrow and famously played a game of Go while Hua Tou scraped away at his bone.

[@elwoodziggurat]

You should really make a channel for teaching people Mandarin! ^o^

[@nelsondcunha3156]

Mandarin is easy and are there a lot of sites and youtube channels teaching the Mandarin....

[@jeremybds1901]

please do more of these!!!!