Han Feizi lists persuasion risks: knowing secrets, exposing faults, misjudging tone – all can anger suspicious rulers.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su is often depicted as a mild-mannered, even gullible figure—caught awkwardly between the brilliance of Zhuge Liang and the ambition of Zhou Yu. This portrayal, however, grossly misrepresents the historical Lu Su. Far from being a passive bystander, he was a strategic visionary on par with Zhuge…