Special Characters

Chapter 3: An Obsession with Control

中国: “Middle Kingdom”

分久必合, 合久必分: “After a long split, a union will occur; after a long union, a split will occur”

天下: “All under heaven”

Chapter 4: Turning Weakness into Strength

名不正, 则言不顺; 言不顺, 则事不成: “If names cannot be correct, then language is not in accordance with the truth of things; and if language is not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success”

擦枪走火: “to shoot accidently while polishing a gun”

Chapter 12: Making Him Safer Without Them

적화통일: “red-colored unification”

돈주: “masters of money”