Ma Su: “The enemy’s mind is more important than his city. Psychological struggle is superior to armed struggle.” This passage shows the capabilities of Ma Su when he contributed this quote to Zhuge Liang during the southern expedition campaign to pacify the Man. The enemy’s mind is of the utmost important for conquering it will [...]
Zhuge Liang once said “To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, it is a matter of opportunities”. Opportunities emerge from events, trends and conditions. If the opportunities present itself yet you are unable to respond to it, then you are not great. Take advantage of the opportunities that emerges from events, trends and conditions (ETC) to [...]
In the Three Kingdoms era, during the struggle between Wei, Shu, and Wu; Zhuge Liang advised Shu and Wu to ally together in order to fight back Cao Cao (Wei) million army. During that time, Zhou Yu of Wu knew that Zhuge Liang of Shu exceeded him in strategy and decided he had to get [...]
Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times of warmth and does not change its leaves in times of cold: it continues unfading through the four seasons, becomes increasingly stable as it passes through ease and danger. Zhuge Liang…