SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

loyal advisor

  • Han Feizi – Chapter 3.2

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    Juan

    Therefore, even if standards and measures are upright, they may not be followed; even if principles and reasoning are complete, they may not be adopted. If Your Majesty distrusts advisors for this reason, minor criticism will be seen as slander, while serious advice may bring disaster, ruin and even death upon oneself.

  • The tragic fate of Tian Feng [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    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…