Talk:Zuo Zongtang

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The paragraph on General Tso's Chicken is completely redundant with the article on General Tso's Chicken that is linked at the bottom, so I removed that section of text. — RJH 21:15, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

--- His biography in Chinese could be a good reference for this article. 67.117.82.1 22:11, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The assertion that the correct pronunciation of Tso is not "Cho" is correct, but the alternative "So" doesn't match the pinyin (zuo, in which zu is very much not s). [--Teucer]

I agree with the last comment, and modified the entry. It's still possible that 'so' is correct in some other dialect, so I clarified that it's ts in Mandarin. (In Cantonese, too.) Zompist 23:23, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

In the "Notability" section, the following claim is made about the naming of General Tso's Chicken: "...the reasoning behind this, if it exists, has not yet been discovered."

In the very next section "See Also", a claim is made as to the reasoning behind the name.

One of the claims must be incorrect.

[edit] NPOV

Almost obvious when you read the introduction on the article. ref to American tastes and Knowledge, as well as status as individual make this one seem to me very NPOV. TomTPlant 18:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Other Military Poultry Heroes"

This seems questionable as Col. Sanders was a Kentucky Colonel, not a military officer. Lithoderm (talk) 16:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

That section heading is hilarious by the way. --160.39.138.50 (talk) 23:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I got a big laugh. "Seems questionable" gave me another. Way to miss a joke. -- AvatarMN (talk) 05:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)