The great Chinese philosopher Ch'eng Hao (1032–1085) once set forth in a A memorial to the throne a three-point training program for statesmen. His formula for success is as valid today as it was for the Sung emperors nearly a thousand years ago: understand the principles taught in books; find out the right and wrong in history; know how to deal with men; —more briefly, knowledge and wisdom.
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