必死即生，必生即死

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movies are at their bestest and coolest when not only do they impress u with their cool effects or savvy plotlines, but when they inspire u to go learn more about the topic they were dealing with, as evidenced by cheong-gun, aka 'heaven's soldiers'. altho the plot itself is a bit wacky, i like tat it dares to show the us for the bully tat it is, and also for introducing the great admiral yi sun-sin to me :) i never thot i would be one of those ppl who wanna watch 三国演义-like shows where it's all about the battles, but i SO wanna watch the korean drama they made about him :p thanks to this movie, now i noe a little bit more about korean and japanese history. yay cheong-gun!! ;)

George Alexander Ballard (1862–1948), a vice admiral of British Royal Navy, complimented Admiral Yi's winning streaks by the Battle of Hansando highly:

"This was the great Korean admiral's crowning exploit. In the short space of six weeks [actually about 9 weeks, May 7, 1592 – July 7, 1592] he had achieved a series of successes unsurpassed in the whole annals of maritime war, destroying the enemy's battle fleets, cutting his lines of communication, sweeping up his convoys, imperilling the situation of his victorious armies in the field, and bringing his ambitious schemes to utter ruin. Not even Nelson, Blake, or Jean Bart could have done more than this scarcely known representative of a small and cruelly oppressed nation; and it is to be regretted that his memory lingers nowhere outside his native land, for no impartial judge could deny him the right to be accounted among the born leaders of men." (The Influence of the Sea on The Political History of Japan, 57p)