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Who was Chairman Mao's Julius Caesar? Who was Sun Yat-sen's Alexander the Great? Who was Laozi's Descartes?
by earthboundkid 7y ago
Who was Chairman Mao's Julius Caesar? Who was Sun Yat-sen's Alexander the Great? Who was Laozi's Descartes?
- Accujack 7y agoWho is President Trump's Mickey Mouse?
- whateveracct 7y agoHis term limit of course!
- jcranmer 7y agoThe questioner is asking whose military escapades influenced the development of this Chinese classic on military theory. Napoleon's escapades probably strike the longest shadow on military theory books--both Clausewitz and Jomini wrote their books based on their experiences in the Napoleonic Wars. It's actually an interesting question, given that the book is usually studied in striking divorce from its historical context, especially in popular analysis.
- chungus_khan 7y agoThe real question of who was Jiang Jieshi's Incitatus goes yet unanswered.
- carapace 7y ago<Clausewitz> is to <Napoleon> as <Sun Tzu> is to <[people in] the "Zuozhuan">.
- mcv 7y agoI can't help but think you completely missed the point of the article with a response like that. Clausewitz and Sun Tzu both reacted to the ideas of other generals. Napoleon, in the case of Clausewitz, and apparently this duke of Song for Sun Tzu. Understanding this can help us understand his writings better. So according to you, who responded to Julius Caesar in a way that's relevant to what Mao did? What did Sun Yat-sen do that requires a comparison to Alexander in order to better understand him? Or are you just listing random names without having read the article?