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Use when selecting officials based on capability rather than favoritism or nepotism. Follows Qi Xi's impartial model: recommending personal enemies for their competence and relatives for their merit, with transparent evaluation criteria covering skills, character, and past performance.

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Use when planning multi-column campaigns against distant targets like the Nanyue conquest. Maps multiple approach routes, assigns forces by type (regular, conscript, naval), sets convergence points, and accepts partial column failure.

Use when evaluating music or dance for moral and political significance. Applies Ji Zha's (延陵季子) framework to assess emotional balance (乐而不淫, 哀而不愁), moral qualities, and governance predictions from artistic expression.

Use when deploying music as a governance tool (乐治) to influence social behavior or diagnose political health. Maps the six emotional responses to sound qualities and the five tones (宫商角徵羽) to organs and virtues.

Use when negotiating for survival under threat of execution or hostage situations. Restructures hostage transactions by demonstrating a living captive's leverage value, sequencing agreements to protect all parties, and buying time for allied intervention.

Use when establishing governance over newly conquered or acquired territory. Based on Zhou Gong's advice to Kang Shu for ruling former Shang lands: seek local wisdom, study prior regime failures, practice benevolent rule, establish legal frameworks, and appoint virtuous officials.

Use when launching a surprise night assault on a complacent enemy camp. Covers undetected approach, encirclement, panic exploitation, pursuit of fleeing leadership, and capture of subordinate targets and livestock.

Use when establishing regional administrative divisions or designing taxation and tribute systems. Divides territory into nine provinces (州) with soil classification, graduated tax rates, tribute specifications, and water-route transport planning.

Use when evaluating leadership character or matching candidates to positions of authority. Applies Gao Yao's nine complementary virtues (九德) framework to assess balance, consistency, and suitability for household, state, or imperial governance roles.

Use when evaluating official performance or deciding promotions and demotions. Implements a three-year cycle assessment over nine years, using documented achievements to determine advancement (陟) or removal (绌).

Use when filling government positions or matching candidates to ministerial roles. Guides collective consultation with the Four Peaks (四岳), merit evaluation, and role-to-skill mapping across nine ministerial functions.

Use when vetting subordinates or appointees for trustworthiness. Applies Guan Zhong's humanity test (非人情) to identify dangerous individuals who violate natural bonds — parental, family, and self-preservation — to gain power.

Use when persuading rulers, executives, or powerful figures who hold your fate. Applies Han Fei's 说难 framework to diagnose hidden motivations, avoid dangerous pitfalls (revealing secrets, pointing out faults), and build trust before speaking boldly.

Use when presenting criticism indirectly to powerful audiences. Creates fictional characters (like Zixu 子虚, Wuyou 乌有先生) representing competing viewpoints, then resolves through an authoritative voice delivering moral instruction.

Use when advising a powerful figure to change course or retire gracefully. Systematically presents cautionary and positive historical examples to illustrate the wisdom of timely withdrawal before success reverses.

Use when persuading a reluctant subordinate or official to accept a dangerous assignment. Based on 12-year-old Gan Luo's (甘罗) method — comparing the target's status to predecessors who refused similar orders, then implying fatal consequences without direct threat.

Use when persuading officials or leaders by aligning your proposal with their self-interest. Demonstrated by Kuai Tong and Li Yiji, this technique researches the target's fears, frames problems objectively, and presents solutions that benefit the listener.

Use when persuading a resistant authority figure to take difficult but necessary action. Employs a gradual empathetic approach: build rapport through shared humanity, introduce topics indirectly, present arguments through historical examples, appeal to long-term interests, and let conclusions be self-evident.

Use when deciding whether to exit after achieving major success to avoid becoming a threat. Based on Fan Li's departure from Yue: recognize danger signals ('when birds are gone, the bow is hidden'), assess your superior's character, resign formally, and leave completely with portable wealth.