Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the People, is best at employing people, fighting and governing the country. Reason: When I got rich, my family was the thinnest and experienced hardships. I was not as fierce as Qin Shihuang's six points, and I was much more difficult to deal with than Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. I have worshipped famous teachers, and I am more knowledgeable, confident and kind than Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. With superb control, I didn't kill the hero. I also took the initiative to list the portrait of the hero as the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, which made future generations awe. His rebellious team is full of talented people. Regardless of the level of military commanders' counselors, Liu Bang's team deserves it, but its reputation is not as dazzling as that of Sean, Xiao He and Han Xin. The reason is that Emperor Guangwu is too capable and his subordinates' achievements are not brilliant. Unlike Qin Shihuang, Emperor Guangwu abused the people's power and built great projects, unlike Emperor Han, who resorted to military tactics and exploited the people's wealth (monopolized salt and iron by the state, suppressed commerce, and forced a showdown of war military expenses) and squandered five degrees (spent all the money left over from Wenjing rule). Guangwudi knew how to cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's nature, and repeatedly refuted the minister's return to Xiongnu. But China really solved the Xiongnu problem in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the Xiongnu was completely defeated and split. Guangwudi married Yin Lihua, his childhood dream lover, before he became emperor and was chased around by the powerful faction at that time. How many people did this today? After he became emperor, he didn't abandon the dross, so he took Guo Shengkun as his successor (in fact, he later met Guo Shengkun and married Yin Lihua first, but the Guo Shengkun family was a big family and gave Liu Xiu great help. Liu Xiu is nostalgic and benign, and he doesn't dispute his reputation, which shows that his character is good.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Zhi's On the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Second Ancestors of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang's On Guangwu have more classic expositions on Liu Xiu, which you can have a look at.