The Pervasiveness of Power: The Rules of Power in Chinese History

It's interesting, but it's a pity that few people read this kind of book nowadays.

A little reasoning from the book's point of view: Based on a certain total population and normal business environment, for non-wealth-creating group A and relative wealth-creating group B, if the expected income of group A is too large and the expected income of group B is lower than a threshold, people in B will flow to A irreversibly. Since A's income is paid by B, but B's number of people is lost, a vicious cycle is created in which wealth consumption continues to increase but wealth creation continues to decrease, eventually leading to the collapse of the system. Solution: ① Forcibly limit the number of people in A and allow excess people to enter B without losing the ability to survive. ② Improve B's average wealth creation ability so that B's expected income is higher than the threshold. ③Reduce A's expected return.

This book is very interesting and it gave me a deeper understanding of power in Chinese history. As the book says, the phenomenon of generalization of power occurs in every era. I think of some powerful people around me who sometimes use their power for their own personal gain. However, fortunately, now that the legal system is becoming more and more complete, this situation is gradually decreasing. I think this book not only allows us to understand history, but also allows us to think more about reality.

Rivers and lakes are all about human relations and sophistication.

This book contains objective facts

It is a good introductory reference system for the general operation of ancient officialdom.

It feels like a really good book after reading the full text. Everyone can understand the meaning on their own.