Du Yu was not only good at war; he also wrote a commentary on the Zuo Zhuan.
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history
He was one of the commanders of the campaign of 280 that conquered Wu and reunited China. When officers wanted to wait out the summer rains, he answered that the army's momentum was like splitting bamboo, the source of 势如破竹.
culture
He called himself a man with a 左传癖, a "Zuo Zhuan addiction", and was so learned in every field that people nicknamed him "Du the Arsenal".
