If, in Civ Rev, they got rid of Mao and put a new Chinese leader, who would you want it to be?

some of those choices are questionable, such as Guan Yu, but i picked QSH.

Emperor Tang Taizong.

Why is this in history forum? Civ revolutions has it's own forum.

All of them would be useful for particular scenarios except for:

(1) Guan Yu - Great Person material, not leader

(2) Fu Xi/Nu Wa - more like ancestral gods

(3) Tongzing - who is this?

Ming is the leader of Apolyton not China, everybody knows that. :rolleyes:

I thought he was referring to Emperor Ming, the arch-nemesis of Flash Gordon. :rolleyes:

I think Tongzing is supposed to be Taizong, but I learned the name as Li Shi Min or something like that. I haven't voted yet, because I want to make sure I know who Tongzing is before voting. In any case, either him or Qin Shi Huang, being they chose that leader for China in Civ4.

Yes, either QSH or Taizong, but QSH is a bit more famous because of the Terracotta Army deal. Althuogh I think Qianlong could be close to up there too...

Voted QSH. Maybe this is the wrong forum? :p

(3) Tongzing - who is this?

Whoops:D That's Taizong or Tang Taizong. I'm ignorant about Chinese history...

My vote will go to Li Shimin/Tang Taizong. He has a more apparent hand in moulding the Tang empire into greatness, than Qin Shi Huang who mostly has officials and generals doing the work. The Qin unification of the Chinese region was more of a process, than because of any one man's deeds IMO.

I think Chinese Democracy needs some representation, so I'd say Sun Yat Sun.

Voted Kang Xi, and would second Sun Yat-sen for a democratic leader.

I tend to think Kang Xi's China just might be historically underestimated, with all the attention and hoopla focusing on Europe at the same time.

I tend to think Kang Xi's China just might be historically underestimated, with all the attention and hoopla focusing on Europe at the same time.

it is also overshadowed by the reign of Qianlong, his grandson. Both, anyhow, led Imperial China to its "final rise" before everything collapsed and there was no more emperor.

What about Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty?

^Liu Bang = Gaozu.