loyal advisor

  • Han Feizi – Chapter 3.2

    Han Feizi lists tragic fates of loyal advisors. Wise, honest counsel often gets rejected; truth-tellers face persecution or death under foolish, tyrannical rulers.

  • The tragic fate of Tian Feng [Three Kingdoms]

    After Yuan Shao’s crushing defeat by Cao Cao at the Battle of Guandu in 200 CE, his chief strategist Jü Shou was captured. Refusing to surrender, Jü Shou was executed shortly thereafter. But he was not the only loyal advisor to suffer for speaking truth to power. Another key figure—Tian Feng, Yuan Shao’s most…