Illiad of China"Romance of Three Kingdoms" question of good and evil

[dan020350]

The book is a summary of the epic of China, where the country was split into three. Each trying to conquer the other.

My topic for first time in this section and thread.:idea:

If Zhuang Liang ( Aka Sleeping Dragon) was the most intelligent minister and advisor, the side of the good, why did he fail to lead his king to victory. While the villian Cao Cao and his intelligent advisor Simi Yi won?

In simple english if you would like, How does the good always triumph over evil?

[bazarov]

When evil will win for the first time, there will be no chance for good to conquer them again. In this way, you have to be aware of evil and take care that evil never prevail.
Like in 1984, when evil won; who had even know that there were good long long ago? Or tried to fight it back?

[dan020350]

I have to tell you this truth.

When the villian Cao Cao won, his dynasty did not last long. And his subjects rebel against his son.

Is Capitalism evil, Is communism evil? If not so why do they rebel or want to change socety?

[bazarov]

In simple english if you would like, How does the good always triumph over evil?

My previous answer was pointing on this question.
They didn't fight for everyone's good; they fought for their one prosperity. And they won't stop till they go all the way.


Every regime is better then the previous one. If it wouldn't be better, it would never replace the previous one. I'm not saying that one regime is better then other one, but rebels think that. Every regime has it's pro et contra; none regime is perfect.
Orwell once said: Every generation believe it's wiser then the older one and smarter then the younger one...I believe that's an answer on almost every political revolution.

[dan020350]

Orwell once said: Every generation believe it's wiser then the older one and smarter then the younger one...I believe that's an answer on almost every political revolution.

If one generation is smarter then the older one. Then ancient writings and founders, and first edition books can be discarded. And ought to be burn away. Why look for wisdom in the old if the new generation is smarter.

[chasestalling]

i think living for ideals whether they be good or evil invariably peters out if not truncated by its opposition. still i can't imagine good taking a back seat to evil when all is said and done. a well written book outlasts its author so that if we subscribe to the catholic notion that we are all guilty in god's eye then this is as it should be as the author has undoubtedly committed his share of evil sins while the book which has been produced in a state of grace lives on.

[bazarov]

If one generation is smarter then the older one. Then ancient writings and founders, and first edition books can be discarded. And ought to be burn away. Why look for wisdom in the old if the new generation is smarter.

I am afraid you haven't understand it. That doesn't mean that Dante, Newton, Aristotel and Voltaire were fools and that we are smarter then them. Actually, I think that our generations are just dumber and dumber...
When we talk about old people, we always say that they are very wise, their life learned them everything; only problem is that their brain is not that fast anymore( in most cases) and they forget everything.
On the other side, you have younger generations, smart and well educated, with trained brains with one thing missing: life experience and knowledge which life brings as years are going.
So, if someone is wiser then elder population and smarter then younger population; then he is the best! The problem is that every generation thinks that they are that chosen generation, the best one.

[manolia]

In simple english if you would like, How does the good always triumph over evil?

In real life it is usually the other way around