During the Three Kingdoms period, a tumultuous time in Chinese history marked by political intrigue and military conflicts, …
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Cao Cao: The Strategic Value of Kindness and Forgiveness in Leadership
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn an era where leadership is often equated with ruthlessness and unyielding ambition, the story of Cao Cao, …
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Ancient Chinese Wisdom: The Strategy of ‘Hitting the Grass to Frighten the Snake’
by Mikel Davisby Mikel Davis“Hitting the grass to frighten the snake” is a traditional Chinese military strategy with two meanings. The first …
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The “golden cicada shedding its shell” refers to its growth process, which sheds or molts its outer shell. …
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Cao Cao’s Leadership Principles: Trust and Integrity in the Three Kingdoms Era
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn the ancient Shuowen Dictionary, trust is defined as a blend of sincerity and reliability, emphasizing the importance …
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Victory in battle, it is said, can only materialize if the three favorable factors of time, place, and …
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Zhuge Liang’s Strategy: Winning Wars and Hearts with Trustworthiness
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn traditional Chinese philosophy, the character for “trustworthiness” (信) is composed of the characters for “person” (人) and …
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There is an ancient story behind the Chinese idiom “thinking of plums to quench thirst.” One summer during …
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During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhong Yao (151-230), the founder of the regular Chinese calligraphy script …