Han Feizi identifies three usurpation risks: open, affair-based, punishment-based. Strong safeguards block them, securing royal power.
In the popular novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su is portrayed as a gentle, even naive figure – kind-hearted but politically passive. This depiction stands in stark contrast to historical records. In reality, Lu Su was one of the most astute strategic minds of his era: a visionary statesman, a skilled diplomat,…