In the book, "The Priest Wonho's Memories of Admiral Yi" a strong claim is made that Admiral Yi is the greatest admiral of all time. I find the reasoning there hard to refute.
Can anyone prove Nelson, or anyone else, is any better?
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That sounds like a matter of personal opinion and not something that you could actually prove.
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Most of life is that way, isn't it?
The main thing is, Admiral Yi was absolutely fantastic as a war leader and as a human being. His example is worth something to us, wouldn't you say?