That's like imagining a president or a prime minister being unable to read and/or write.
Idk about chinese history much...but there were actually rulers who were illiterate
Famous examples being genghis khan, Akbar, Alexander the great...n many more
But yeah they hav their military strength...which were way beyond of any normal ruler
I barely remember history classes in elementary & highschool so I don't remember knowing that those rulers were illiterate.
history taught in school were mostly boring ....they skip half of the things anyway
What I am trying to say is...u r right...most rulers does hav proper education......but there are always few anomalies....n those are mostly the strongest ones
Alexander the great was taught by Aristotle himself, guy was not illiterate for sure
There's no reason for them to teach those emperors were illiterate so dw, also i didn't know they were either
My bad...it's actually the father of Europe (king of the franks) ...who was illiterate
From most of the Asian dramas I watched or the Chinese dramas my mom watched, I ain't ever seen a king or prince or someone in royalty that's illiterate.
It's all they ever do in historical dramas, they all read and/or write.