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THE RULER'S GUIDE
The Emperor of Tang and the Secrets of His Spectacular Success
Reminiscent of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power, this book by Harvard Business School trailblazer and managerial expert Chinghua Tang presents to Western readers for the first time the wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong. The Emperor’s thoughts on everything from talent recruitment to planning to expanding influence to earning loyalty to competing with rivals to dealing with untrustworthy will be of interest to students, parents, business leaders, politicians, military officers, and anyone else in a position of authority who wants to be more effective.
The Ruler’s Guide is the first publication in English of the leadership principles modeled and articulated by Tang Taizong, arguably the greatest Emperor in Chinese history. In Asia, many historians rank him with such rulers as Augustus, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon. When he founded the Tang dynasty, Taizong was only twenty-eight years old, and his chief accomplishments were on the battlefield where he personally slew 1,000 of the enemy. Seeking an accurate mirror to reflect back his flaws, Taizong took the unusual step of populating his court with advisors whose job was to criticize him on a daily basis, and his dialogues with the wisest of his counselors form the core of this book, which is a manual for managing in any sphere, whether it be government, business, the military, athletics, philanthropy, or even parenting.
Ultimately, Taizong would defeat the descendants of Genghis Khan’s Huns, enact a vastly simplified code of laws, open up the Silk Road trading route, create a golden age of cosmopolitan culture, and by his attitudes on religious tolerance introduce Buddhism into Tibet and invite Catholicism into China. His dynasty would last 300 years.
The Emperor’s thoughts on everything from talent recruitment to planning to expanding influence to earning loyalty to competing with rivals to exploiting teachable moments to dealing with untrustworthy colleagues will be of interest to students, parents, business leaders, politicians, military officers, and anyone else in a position of authority who wants to be more effective.
That the primary source for this book, The Zhenguan Executive Guide, has been in continuous circulation since the 8th century attests to the evergreen nature of the Emperor’s advice. A fierce advocate of having at one’s side “designated critics” who can warn of excesses, Taizong, in his sometimes contentious conversations with his advisers, expressed timeless wisdom about how to deal with subordinates, not get too big for one’s britches, and avoid complacency.
Chinghua Tang is a true Chinese scholar, as well as a writer of two Chinese bestsellers, a graduate of the London School of Economics with high honors, and the first citizen of the People’s Republic of China to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School.
Ultimately, Taizong would defeat the descendants of Genghis Khan’s Huns, enact a vastly simplified code of laws, open up the Silk Road trading route, create a golden age of cosmopolitan culture, and by his attitudes on religious tolerance introduce Buddhism into Tibet and invite Catholicism into China. His dynasty would last 300 years.
The Emperor’s thoughts on everything from talent recruitment to planning to expanding influence to earning loyalty to competing with rivals to exploiting teachable moments to dealing with untrustworthy colleagues will be of interest to students, parents, business leaders, politicians, military officers, and anyone else in a position of authority who wants to be more effective.
That the primary source for this book, The Zhenguan Executive Guide, has been in continuous circulation since the 8th century attests to the evergreen nature of the Emperor’s advice. A fierce advocate of having at one’s side “designated critics” who can warn of excesses, Taizong, in his sometimes contentious conversations with his advisers, expressed timeless wisdom about how to deal with subordinates, not get too big for one’s britches, and avoid complacency.
Chinghua Tang is a true Chinese scholar, as well as a writer of two Chinese bestsellers, a graduate of the London School of Economics with high honors, and the first citizen of the People’s Republic of China to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School.
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