Han Fei’s four-layer framework for power – position, channels, legitimacy, and structure – and why character alone will not protect you. The only thing you can really rely on: Building your own ‘Shi’.
This passage sets camping standards: pick high, sunny, fertile ground to keep troops healthy. It warns against six deadly terrains, lure enemies near them, and thoroughly search nearby woods and wetlands to guard against hidden ambushes and spies.