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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Preface
• Law 1: Never Outshine the Master
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 2: Never Put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to Use Enemies
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 4: Always Say less than Necessary
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 5: So Much Depends on Reputation—Guard it With your Life
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 6: Court Attention at all Cost
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 7: Get Others to do the Work for you, but Always take the Credit
• Judgment
• Transgression and Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 8: Make Other People Come to You—Use Bait if Necessary
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 9: Win Through your Actions, Never Through Argument
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 10: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 11: Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 12: Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 13: When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to Their Mercy or Gratitude
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 14: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 15: Crush your Enemy Totally
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 16: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
• Judgment
• Transgression and Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 17: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 18: Do not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself—Isolation is Dangerous
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 19: Know Who You’re Dealing With—Do not Offend the Wrong Person
• Judgment
• Opponents, Suckers, and Victims: Preliminary Typology
• Transgressions of the Law
• Transgression I
• Interpretation
• Transgression II
• Interpretation
• Transgression III
• Interpretation
• Transgression IV
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 20: Do not Commit to Anyone
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 21: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker—Seem Dumber than your Mark
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 22: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 23: Concentrate your Forces
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 24: Play the Perfect Courtier
• Judgment
• Court Society
• The Laws of Court Politics
• Scenes of Court Life: Exemplary Deeds and Fatal Mistakes
• Interpretation
• Scene II
• Interpretation
• Scene III
• Interpretation
• Scene IV
• Interpretation
• Scene V
• Interpretation
• Scene VI
• Interpretation
• Scene VII
• Interpretation
• Scene VIII
• Interpretation
• Scene IX
• Interpretation
• Scene X
• Interpretation
• Scene XI
• Interpretation
• The Delicate Game of Courtiership: A Warning
• Interpretation
• Law 25: Re-Create Yourself
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 26: Keep your Hands Clean
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law III
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 27: Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
• Judgment
• The Science of Charlatanism, Or How to Create A Cult In Five Easy Steps
• Observances of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance II
• Interpretation
• Observance III
• Interpretation
• Reversal
• Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness
• Judgment
• Boldness and Hesitation: A Brief Psychological Comparison
• Observances of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance II
• Interpretation
• Observance III
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 29: Plan all the Way to the End
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 30: Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 31: Control the Options: Get Others to Play With the Cards you Deal
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 32: Play to People’s Fantasies
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 33: Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
• Judgment
• Finding the Thumbscrew: A Strategic Plan of Action
• Observances of the Law
• Observance I
• Interpretation
• Observance II
• Interpretation
• Observance III
• Interpretation
• Observance IV
• Interpretation
• Observance V
• Interpretation
• Reversal
• Law 34: Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act Like a King to be Treated Like One
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 35: Master the art of Timing
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 36: Disdain Things you Cannot have: Ignoring Them is the Best Revenge
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 37: Create Compelling Spectacles
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 38: Think as you Like but Behave Like Others
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 39: Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 40: Despise the Free Lunch
• Judgment
• Money and Power
• Transgressions of the Law
• Transgression I
• Interpretation
• Transgression II
• Interpretation
• Observances of the Law
• Observance I
• Interpretation
• Observance II
• Interpretation
• Observance III
• Interpretation
• Observance IV
• Interpretation
• Observance V
• Interpretation
• Observance VI
• Interpretation
• Observance VII
• Interpretation
• Reversal
• Law 41: Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 42: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep Will Scatter
• Judgment
• Observance of the Law I
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law II
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 43: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 44: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
• Judgment
• Mirror Effects: Preliminary Typology
• Observances of Mirror Effects
• Observance I
• Interpretation
• Observance II
• Interpretation
• Observance III
• Interpretation
• Observance IV
• Interpretation
• Observance V
• Interpretation
• Observance VI
• Interpretation
• Observance VII
• Interpretation
• A Warning: Beware of Mirrored Situations
• Law 45: Preach the need for Change, but Never Reform too Much at Once
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 46: Never Appear too Perfect
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 47: Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for: In Victory, Learn When to Stop
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Law 48: Assume Formlessness
• Judgment
• Transgression of the Law
• Interpretation
• Observance of the Law
• Interpretation
• Keys to Power
• Reversal
• Selected Bibliography
• Index