What are the similarities between Zhao Kuo and Han Xin? Why is it often compared?

Zhao Kuo and Han Xin have a lot in common, but the last one became a god of war and the other became a joke. They are all familiar with the art of war and have little combat experience before commanding the army.

However, the birth of the two people can be described as a world apart, and they are also doomed to be different. Zhao Kuo was the official second generation at that time, and his father, Zhao She, was a famous soldier of Zhao. Since childhood, Zhao Kuo was born in an excellent environment. In principle. Zhao Kuo, who accompanied his father, should also make great achievements under the influence of what he saw and heard.

But Zhao Kuo commanded a battle all his life, and that was the battle of Changping. Because of the treachery of the King of Qin, Zhao Kuo was on the verge of death, but also because of this war, Zhao Kuo's ambition was completely wiped out. As the second generation of officials, Zhao Kuo thinks he is brilliant, so he is arrogant. Although Sun Tzu's Art of War is well understood, there is no practical strategy in his mind. You can only copy Sun Tzu's art of war. The result is an "armchair strategist" joke.

Han Xin was born in poverty and was fostered in other people's homes. If you want to eat, you must eat. Many times, if you can't eat, you will starve. Therefore, Han Xin realized human sufferings at an early age and saw through people's minds at an early age. Before Han Xin became famous, he had been stable for a long time, and his childhood experience made him better at analyzing and understanding, better able to understand the voices of ordinary soldiers, and combined the theoretical basis he had learned with reality, so even when he became commander in chief, he could command the war and win easily.

The so-called children of poor families are in charge early. The living and learning conditions of the two men are completely different, which also leads to the completely different results when they fight on the battlefield.