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Three Debts
Whenever a dynasty is about to collapse, someone always ends up taking the blame. This book isn’t looking for that person. It follows just three accounts: the sword (who holds the troops), the grain sack (who pays the taxes), and the official’s hat (who gets to make the decisions). As long as these three accounts can change hands between one another, the dynasty keeps running. Let go of any one of them, and the other two will collapse with it. From the dozens of relatives King Wu of Zhou granted
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Sixty-Six People
The Sixty-Six People is neither a collection of biographies of famous emperors and ministers, nor a comprehensive history of China arranged by dynasty. It focuses on sixty-six people who stood at crucial turning points in history. Some established order, while others shattered it. Some held the world in their hands, while others were merely ordinary names ground down by their era. They may not all have been "the most important people," but each faced a real choice at some moment in time. From th
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