Written on 29 Dec 2010, reproduced below.
Lwh, 2 August 2025
Subject: Re: San Guo (part 5)
Sent: Dec 29, 2010 2:50 PM
San Guo has many lessons on warfare. One famous piece of advice is
“A raging cauldron is best cooled by removing the fuel. Lancing a pustule, though painful, is preferable to harbouring the infection.”
– Dong Zhou (imperial inspector of Xiliang and general of the Forward army), chapter 3, p. 24, Moss Roberts.