A book in the The Ancients Were So Cool series.
Following Tang Dynasty Has Hip-Hop, The Song Dynasty Has a Great Voice, Handsome Men of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, The Eccentric Kings’ Talk, The Ancients Teach You to Roast, and others, this is another new installment in a series with a solid readership built up over its first ten books. It carries on the series’ witty, humorous style while remaining well-researched and rigorous, revealing another side of the strategists that few people know.
Synopsis:
Top-secret files revealed: digging deep into the men who stood behind ancient emperors.
1. Sima Yi, the Founding Father of Wellness:
Personal motto: Better to sleep than serve in office, better to soak your feet than go to war, and goji berry and red date tea is the best!
File: A severe case of laid-back thinking. His mind is full of tea, foot soaks, and sleep. He has no ambition whatsoever in the competition among strategists and pioneered the wellness school.
2. Cao Cao, the First to Make Bold Predictions:
Personal motto: Once I say something, there’s no way it’ll come true!
File: A perfect score in predicting the future with curses. But it only ever works on his own people, and his disastrously bad predictions leave his teammates heartbroken.
3. Zhuge Liang, the Perfectionist:
Personal motto: This won’t work, that won’t work. Leave it to me!
File: Shu’s professional nanny, responsible for every little thing and every big thing. The Zhuge Liang brand of national nanny is reliable, but beware of his narrow-minded perfectionism.
4. Yan Shu, King of the Party:
Personal motto: If you have no money, hit the books. If you have money, it’s time to party!
File: A walking ATM. If he has money, he has to spend it. He’s just like the money in his pocket: he can’t feel at ease until he lets his words out.
So interesting, yet so boring. It's so interesting to watch when you're bored, and so boring to watch when you're excited. The writing is very delicate and excellent. It's the kind of book that I accidentally clicked on but I was very excited to read it, but I didn't really want to click on it when I put it on the bookshelf, but I still like this book very much.
This book continues the author's usual witty and humorous style, with relaxed writing style and very interesting character descriptions. For example, Sima Yi, who is a "severe patient with the invasion of Buddhist thoughts", and Cao Cao, who is "the first person to establish FLAG", make people laugh. At the same time, the recreation of historical figures is also rigorous, allowing readers to see another unknown side of military advisors, which is worth reading.
"Abnormal Military Advisor", the characters in history are really not "normal", it narrates the formal history in the form of comedy, it is very interesting!
It's not only good to watch, but you can also learn about some historical figures.