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September 30th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
The point is well taken, but your story is off by 498 women. Sun Tzu only had to kill two of the King¡¯s (not the Emperor) favourite concubines to get the rest to follow his orders without hesitation.
Sun Tzu was a young strategist at the time of the King of Wu (before China became unified under the first Emperor- Qin Shi Huang) and he was actually not trusted by the King who had won many wars. Since Sun Tzu claimed his principles & training applied in all situations, the King gave him the maids in waiting to see what he could do with them as a joke. After Sun Tzu dared to put both of the King¡¯s favourite concubines (who probably got away with everything) to death, no one dared disobeyed Sun Tzu. The King of Wu was distraught but at the same time saw the ability and genius of the young man ¡¦ and the rest of history.