Who would believe that a bloody story of wars-wars-and-wars in 14th century China would still be captivating, even for today.
Romance of Three Kingdoms is probably one of the literature staple for every Chinese beings at school.
I didn't have that chance, we don't have Chinese school here, rite?
Anyway, I know we are 3 years late, but the TV is playing the series now. It's cool!
So, my mom seems to favour Caocao (the antagonist) rather than LiuBei (the protagonist),
The reason is because LiuBei always-always-always reluctant to do things that it's not morally correct according to him.
Everytime he doesn't listen to his wise advisor-ZhugeLiang, he would always fail.
LiuBei somehow very dependant to ZhugeLiang. Without him, LiuBei's name would end in the first chapter of the story.
While Caocao, an ambitious man. He would do anything, everything, anyhow to achieve his goal.
Even if he need to kill innocent men, which he did casually.
Not that mom fond of a murderer. But she simply adores the strong and determined character of Caocao.
When both compared, of course Caocao seems to be more superior. Somehow all villain are superior than their hero. Don't you think?
I replied mom this way:
LiuBei is not stupid. He is smart in his own way. In today business world, LiuBei is a portray of a CEO
He might be weak, but he has 1 ultimate strength: he knows how to choose great people in his team.
He particularly choose people who are more skilful and capable than himself. But, he knows how to utilise them.
Even a brilliant ZhugeLiang faithfully defend him after LiuBei is long gone.
I regard CaoCao as a business owner. Someone who is capable of anything - in military strategy, in poetry, in arts... in everything.
He is a one-man-show person. Everything is centralised to 1 person, himself.
Yes, of course he is more capable than LiuBei, but he need to do everything himself; while LiuBei can just sit and delegates all the chores.
Here to read more about CEO vs Biz Owner
Who is better? It's very hard to judge.
Both have their strength and their own weakness.
But it would be unfair to say one is a complete idiot, cos none of them is
Hehehehe... I think I answered it wisely and cleverly.
I was impressed too. How in the world could I say such thing. Hahahaha
At the end of the story, none of them become the winner.
The one that have all the power is grandson of SimaYi - advisor of Caocao.
SimaYi is a very smart, cunning and yet very patient man, he planned and plotted his own path right from the start. By the time, he strike a coup d'etat, he is already an old frail man.
Fate churned everything into his descendant's plate.
Without much blood on his hands, the grandson became the emperor, ending the long battle of 3 kingdoms.
Now, that's what I call "Lucky You"
Romance of Three Kingdoms is probably one of the literature staple for every Chinese beings at school.
I didn't have that chance, we don't have Chinese school here, rite?
Anyway, I know we are 3 years late, but the TV is playing the series now. It's cool!
The reason is because LiuBei always-always-always reluctant to do things that it's not morally correct according to him.
Everytime he doesn't listen to his wise advisor-ZhugeLiang, he would always fail.
LiuBei somehow very dependant to ZhugeLiang. Without him, LiuBei's name would end in the first chapter of the story.
While Caocao, an ambitious man. He would do anything, everything, anyhow to achieve his goal.
Even if he need to kill innocent men, which he did casually.
Not that mom fond of a murderer. But she simply adores the strong and determined character of Caocao.
When both compared, of course Caocao seems to be more superior. Somehow all villain are superior than their hero. Don't you think?
I replied mom this way:
LiuBei is not stupid. He is smart in his own way. In today business world, LiuBei is a portray of a CEO
He might be weak, but he has 1 ultimate strength: he knows how to choose great people in his team.
He particularly choose people who are more skilful and capable than himself. But, he knows how to utilise them.
Even a brilliant ZhugeLiang faithfully defend him after LiuBei is long gone.
I regard CaoCao as a business owner. Someone who is capable of anything - in military strategy, in poetry, in arts... in everything.
He is a one-man-show person. Everything is centralised to 1 person, himself.
Yes, of course he is more capable than LiuBei, but he need to do everything himself; while LiuBei can just sit and delegates all the chores.
Here to read more about CEO vs Biz Owner
Who is better? It's very hard to judge.
Both have their strength and their own weakness.
But it would be unfair to say one is a complete idiot, cos none of them is
Hehehehe... I think I answered it wisely and cleverly.
I was impressed too. How in the world could I say such thing. Hahahaha
At the end of the story, none of them become the winner.
The one that have all the power is grandson of SimaYi - advisor of Caocao.
SimaYi is a very smart, cunning and yet very patient man, he planned and plotted his own path right from the start. By the time, he strike a coup d'etat, he is already an old frail man.
Fate churned everything into his descendant's plate.
Without much blood on his hands, the grandson became the emperor, ending the long battle of 3 kingdoms.
Now, that's what I call "Lucky You"
1 comment:
yet you can see what side the original author Lo Guan Chung are sided for..
mostly are the loyalty, friendship and sincerity won most of the story
the people now often portray the friendship of the Liu, Zhang and Guan. they saw the beautifully friendship and loyalty, but not cao cao, his lack of humanity is failing him nowadays, a very few people sided with cao cao..
they even dont remember how cao cao killed the entire family that want to throw a feast for him.. and yet he said, better to kill them first than they killed me
how cruel, but yet, cao cao portrays a common leader that ruled with iron hands
but still, liu, Zhang and Guan's legends are more in people's heart than the other two rulers, Sun quan and Cao cao
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