QOTD - 23 Feb - Hari

What am I talking about?

1) The essence - "The root of wealth is economic activity and lack of it brings material distress. In the absence of fruitful economic activity, both current prosperity and future growth will be destroyed".

2) The Contents -
I Concerning Discipline
II The Duties of Government Superintendents
III Concerning Law
IV The Removal of Thorns
V The Conduct of Courtiers
VI The Source of Sovereign States
VII The End of the Six-Fold Policy
VIII Concerning Vices and Calamities
IX The Work of an ......
X Relating to War
XI The Conduct of Corporations
XII Concerning a Powerful Enemy
XIII Strategic Means to Capture ......
XIV Secret Means
XV The Plan of a Treatise

3) An Excerpt:

First 1 1/2 hrs. after sunrise - Receive reports on defence, revenue, expenditure
Second 1 1/2 hrs. after sunrise - Public audiences, to hear petitions of city & country people
Third 1 1/2 hrs. after sunrise & Last 1 1/2 hrs. before noon - Receive revenues & tributes; appoint ministers and other high officials & allot tasks to them
First 1 1/2 hrs. after noon - Write letters & dispatches, confer with councillors, receive secret information from spies
Second 1 1/2 hrs. after noon - Personal: recreation, time for contemplation
Third 1 1/2 hrs. after noon & Last 1 1/2 hrs. before sunset - Inspect & review forces; Consult with Chief of Defence