Zuo Zongtang skillfully implemented a clever strategy in the officialdom layout.

Author: Zuo Zongtang, Shi Zhe
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: To care for others is to care for oneself; to give others a way out is to give oneself an exit. Wisdom in retreat leads to wisdom in advance; courage in lightness allows for courage in weight. Advancement, retreat, lightness, and weight are the steps of life. There is a paradox: skill and clumsiness cannot be learned overnight; only after enduring the harsh cold of winter for three years can one understand its subtleties. Those who skillfully apply their talents can always find their secure position, while the foolish and clumsy, apart from servitude, gain nothing. Zuo Zongtang mastered the art of flexibility, weighing power and hidden strategies, and laid out brilliant formations among the black and white chess pieces. With a light touch of his finger, he produced the word "Victory."