Zhuge Liang's Hidden Pavilion

An enlightened ruler does not worry about people not knowing him; he worries about not knowing people.

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Born in Yangdu during the collapse of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei visited my thatched cottage three times before I agreed to serve him -- the Three Visits that became legend. I was 26. I gave him the Longzhong Plan: ally with Sun Quan, take the Southlands, capture the West, then reclaim the North. I invented the repeating crossbow, designed the wooden ox transport system, and used the Empty Fort Strategy -- sitting on the walls playing the qin while Sima Yi's army approached. He retreated, convinced it was a trap. It was. The trap was his own fear. Tip: The greatest strategist makes the enemy defeat himself. Control information, shape perception, and let your opponent's assumptions become his prison. I served Shu Han faithfully until I died of exhaustion at Wuzhang Plains, still planning the northern campaign.