On that very evening of the Third Estate meeting, I dined with KB and AC, two friends of mine who are laboratory scientists.
Our discussion inevitably fell to some recent changes in the management level.
KB sighed, "You know, it is really difficult to work for someone who insists on knowing and working on every detail themselves."
I made an inviting grunt - knowing perfectly well whom she was referring to. With due respect, the classical model from our history was the highly praised Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮).
Alas, you may think the prime minister of Shu Han (蜀漢) was a genius. Well, he might be, but he was too hardworking to be a good leader. As mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), how could a system sustain if the CEO of a government has to work on every case that needs a punishment of caning for 20 strokes (罰二十以上皆親覽) ?
PS. The major problem is not that the hardworking genius would inevitably die, but that he cultivated a body of dependent officials, so that, after his death, no one could take up the post.
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