The author, Li Yifu (614-666), was a native of Raoyang, Yingzhou (now Raoyang County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province), and was settled in Yanting by his grandfather during the Sui Dynasty and was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
In the long course of history, as a life skill and a weapon for the struggle of social survival, "Mind Technique" has always been admired by people in the field of wisdom and power, and it is full of mysteries. How to psychologically disintegrate others and conquer opponents, "mind-solving" is the most effective strategy. This gist is simple to say, but it is never easy to put into practice, and it also constitutes the reality of mediocrity for most people.
This book is a strange chapter of ancient Chinese strategy, which extracts a rich concept of "degree of heart" from practical psychology and explains it with detailed cases. The upper wise man has the heart, and the lower wise man has the power! Li Yifu has made the seemingly difficult and complex "art of heart-setting" simple and highly operable from ten aspects, such as heart-setting, heart-controlling, heart-grabbing, indulging, heart-grabbing, and heart-punishing.
The views in this article are the views of the benevolent, the wise see the wise, and I hope you will look at it dialectically, not be confused, take the essence of it, and remove the dross.
"Mind Technique"
Degree first
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Officials can also, and it is not easy to govern.
The benevolent, the fresh, the royal Buddha is generous.
志大不朝,greed寡眷野。
Talented and uninhibited, virtuous and deceitful.
The people are afraid, and the officials are not afraid.
The cunning is wise, and his courage will be lacking, and he will be forced to do so.
The tyrant has few plans, and his actions are too sloppy, and he can be coerced.
The honest officials are arrogant, and their hearts are famous, and their reputation is also good.
Govern officials and govern hearts, and the Lord does not abandon those who betray themselves.
Knowing people and knowing their desires, the wise man is good at making the corrupt person bad.