Those Things About Sima Yi

Those things about Sima Yi - the ultimate victory of a "ninja" Core theme: It is not about depicting a born traitor, but showing how a Confucian scholar with ideals was tempered and distorted by reality time and time again in the furnace of troubled times, and finally transformed into a top-notch Machiavellian who is well versed in the laws of power. Emphasis is placed on his philosophy of "forbearance" and wisdom of "late to action".