The 48 Laws of Power — Story Index

Source-oriented archive

These eight notes preserve the book’s law sequence, provenance, and PDF navigation. The canonical browsing structure remains the theme-first 40 Stories library; records each story’s single primary home.

⬅️ · Book note: The 48 Laws of Power · Influence hub: 60.17 Influence & Negotiation · Source PDF: Attachment (file not included in this release)

Curated story audit

A full review of the 476-page PDF and all 48 laws retained 123 reusable story records. 113 became new canonical stories; 10 materially overlapping accounts enriched existing stories instead of being duplicated.

Evidence boundary

These notes verify that each retained account appears on the linked PDF page(s) and accurately summarize Greene’s presentation. They do not independently fact-check every underlying historical claim. Memoir, legend, literature, court gossip, traditional narratives, disputed attribution, and Greene’s inferred motives are explicitly labeled.

Ethical boundary

The book frequently treats people instrumentally and includes fraud, manipulation, coercion, political violence, war, execution, and abuse of authority. These records preserve episodes for historical study, writing, defensive literacy, and ethical analysis—not as instructions. Strategic effectiveness is kept separate from honesty, consent, proportionality, human dignity, institutional legitimacy, and long-run trust.

Audit result

Exclusions included abstract advice, generic hypotheticals, isolated quotations, unnamed fragments, repeated examples already consolidated into a fuller record, famous-name references without a concrete episode, and Greene’s personal material. A famous name alone did not qualify.

Selection rule

A passage was retained only when it contains:

1. a named notable person, established public or historical figure, recognized classical, religious, literary, or legendary figure, or comparable institutional example;
2. a concrete scene, choice, reversal, exchange, recurring practice, or concise life episode; and
3. a transferable claim useful in writing, teaching, speaking, defensive power literacy, or reflection.

This is a story collection, not a quotation index, a complete book summary, or an endorsement ledger. PDF++ locators use the PDF viewer’s page numbers.

Laws and stories

01 - Laws 1-6 (16)

• Nicolas Fouquet's Perfect Party Makes Louis XIV Feel Secondary — Law 1; court-history anecdote interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Galileo Turns Jupiter's Moons into Medici Patronage — Law 1; Renaissance patronage anecdote; enriches an existing canonical story; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Astorre Manfredi's Popularity Makes Cesare Borgia Fear Him — Law 1; Renaissance political anecdote as presented by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Sen no Rikyu's Statue Crosses Hideyoshi's Status Boundary — Law 1; tea-history anecdote as retold by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Michael III Raises Basilius Until His Friend Takes the Throne — Law 2; Byzantine political history filtered through Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Emperor Sung Retires His Generals and Wins Former Enemies — Law 2; Song-dynasty political anecdotes as retold by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ninon de Lenclos's Careful Plan Fails When the Marquis Confesses — Law 3; French court anecdote interpreted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bismarck Opposes a Premature War to Prepare for the War He Wants — Law 3; nineteenth-century political episode interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Yellow Kid Hides a Boxing Con Behind a Real-Estate Deal — Law 3; con-artist memoir anecdote summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Haile Selassie Invites Balcha to a Banquet and Takes His Army — Law 3; Ethiopian political anecdote as narrated by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Coriolanus Talks a Military Legend into Political Exile — Law 4; Plutarchan political episode as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Louis XIV Turns 'I Shall See' into an Instrument of Rule — Law 4; court practice reported through memoir and Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Chuko Liang Plays a Lute Before an Open City — Law 5; episode from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tradition; Courage, Resilience & Adversity; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Barnum Attacks Peale's Reputation Before Buying the Museum — Law 5; show-business anecdote from Barnum’s era as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Barnum Turns a Near-Lynching and a Brick Route into Publicity — Law 6; show-business anecdotes recounted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Mata Hari Makes Unverifiable Origins Part of Her Act — Law 6; performer biography interpreted by Greene; Identity, Calling & Belonging; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

02 - Laws 7-12 (8)

• Tesla Creates the System While Edison, Westinghouse, and Marconi Capture the Credit — Law 7; inventor biography summarized by Greene; Work, Ambition & Excellence; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Napoleon Returns from Elba Without Firing a Shot — Law 8; well-known political-military episode interpreted by Greene; enriches an existing canonical story; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Mucianus Punishes the Engineer Who Wins the Argument but Disobeys — Law 9; Roman military anecdote from classical sources as retold by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Michelangelo Lets Soderini Believe David's Nose Has Changed — Law 9; Renaissance art anecdote as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Lola Montez Pulls a Chain of Powerful Men into Her Crises — Law 10; performer and courtesan biography interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Siena and Venice Dispose of Mercenaries They No Longer Need — Law 11; Renaissance military anecdotes as retold by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bismarck Makes a Weak King the Indispensable Base of His Own Power — Law 11; Prussian political history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Victor Lustig Returns Capone's Money and Receives Five Thousand Dollars — Law 12; con-artist anecdote summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

03 - Laws 13-18 (10)

• Stefano di Poggio Appeals to Gratitude and Walks into Castruccio's Trap — Law 13; Machiavellian political anecdote as retold by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Corcyra Wins Athens by Arguing Interest While Corinth Argues Gratitude — Law 13; Thucydidean diplomatic episode summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Joseph Duveen Studies Andrew Mellon Before Engineering Their Meeting — Law 14; art-dealer biography as recounted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Hsiang Yu Spares Liu Pang Until His Rival Takes the Empire — Law 15; classical Chinese political-military narrative as retold by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Wu Chao Removes Every Rival on Her Way to the Throne — Law 15; Tang court history in a sensationalized retelling by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Guillaume de Balaun Uses Absence Until the Performance Turns Cruel — Law 16; medieval troubadour tale as retold by Greene; Love, Loyalty & Family Bonds; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Deioces Withdraws His Judgments Until the Medes Demand a King — Law 16; Herodotean political narrative summarized by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bobby Fischer Makes Spassky Prepare for the Player He Cannot Predict — Law 17; 1972 chess-match narrative interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Qin Shi Huang Hides in a Palace and Loses Control of Succession — Law 18; ancient Chinese imperial account summarized by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Louis XIV and Philip II Build Authority into New Palaces — Law 18; comparative royal symbolism and court-history sketch; enriches an existing canonical story; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

04 - Laws 19-24 (23)

• The Shah of Khwarezm Insults Genghis Khan's Envoys and Loses His Empire — Law 19; medieval Eurasian history retold by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• J. Frank Norfleet Hunts the Con Ring That Assumed He Would Go Home — Law 19; twentieth-century fraud and pursuit anecdote summarized by Greene; Courage, Resilience & Adversity; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ch'ung-erh Remembers an Insult After Returning from Exile — Law 19; classical Chinese political anecdote; enriches an existing canonical story; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Henry Ford Thanks the Art Dealers for the Book and Buys Nothing — Law 19; modern art-market anecdote reported by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Elizabeth I Uses Marriage Negotiations Without Surrendering Her Crown — Law 20; Tudor diplomatic history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Isabella d'Este Keeps Mantua Useful to Every Side — Law 20; Renaissance diplomatic history summarized by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Arnold and Slack Look Too Naive to Have Salted a Diamond Field — Law 21; Great Diamond Hoax narrative summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Melos Chooses Defiant Honor and Athens Destroys the City — Law 22; Thucydidean episode summarized by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bertolt Brecht Charms HUAC and Leaves the Country — Law 22; modern political-theater episode summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The King of Wu Expands North While Yueh Waits at His Back — Law 23; classical Chinese statecraft tale as retold by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Rothschild Brothers Concentrate Trust Across Five Capitals — Law 23; banking-family history interpreted by Greene; Community, Cooperation & Connection; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Callisthenes Tells Alexander the Truth Until the King Has Him Killed — Law 24; ancient court anecdote as retold by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Chinese Court Historians Hide Warnings in Strange Omens — Law 24; institutional practice described through Chinese court chronicles; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Jules Mansart Leaves Louis XIV a Flaw to Discover — Law 24; court memoir anecdote as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Isabey Places Wellington at the Entrance and Talleyrand at the Center — Law 24; Congress of Vienna art anecdote summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Beau Brummell Calls the Prince 'Big Ben' and Loses His Patron — Law 24; Regency social anecdote as retold by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Fulvio Testi Praises Urban VIII's Poetry for His Duke — Law 24; diplomatic correspondence anecdote as presented by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Chao Executes the Crown-Keeper for Doing the Coat-Keeper's Job — Law 24; ancient Chinese court anecdote as retold by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Fra Filippo Lippi Draws His Captor and Wins His Freedom — Law 24; Renaissance artist anecdote as retold by Greene; Work, Ambition & Excellence; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Alfonso Grants One Dream and Refuses the Servant's Second — Law 24; Aragonese court anecdote as retold by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• J. M. W. Turner Dulls His Painting Until the Exhibition Ends — Law 24; British art-world anecdote as retold by Greene; Character, Integrity & Example; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Churchill Paints the Sheep Henry Luce Suggested — Law 24; modern statesman anecdote as recounted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Talleyrand's Market Pigs Turn Napoleon's Hunt into Humiliation — Law 24; Napoleonic court anecdote as retold by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

05 - Laws 25-30 (17)

• Julius Caesar Makes Politics Feel Like Theater — Law 25; Roman political biography interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• George Sand Builds a Public Character That Protects a Private Self — Law 25; literary biographical profile; enriches an existing canonical story; Identity, Calling & Belonging; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ts'ao Ts'ao Blames the Commissariat Chief for His Own Supply Failure — Law 26; Three Kingdoms narrative as retold by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Cesare Borgia Displays Remirro de Orco's Body After Using His Violence — Law 26; Machiavellian political episode as retold by Greene; Justice, Mercy & Moral Courage; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Cleopatra Lets Roman Power Remove Her Dynastic Rivals — Law 26; ancient political narrative interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Mao Releases Chiang Kai-shek and Lets Two Enemies Exhaust Each Other — Law 26; Chinese civil-war episode interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Kuriyama Daizen Clears a Friend's Debt Through a Tea Vase — Law 26; Japanese tea-culture anecdote as retold by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Francesco Borri Turns a Conversion Story into a Cult — Law 27; history-of-charlatanry account summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Mountain Doctor Makes the Journey Part of the Cure — Law 27; history-of-medicine and charlatanry vignette summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Franz Mesmer Builds a Salon That Makes Magnetism Feel Mystical — Law 27; history-of-medicine and charlatanry vignette summarized by Greene; enriches an existing canonical story; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Victor Lustig Sells the Eiffel Tower—Twice — Law 28; documented con-artist episode summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ivan the Terrible Waits Through Humiliation and Then Strikes the Boyars — Law 28; Russian court history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Pietro Aretino Uses a Satirical Elephant Will to Enter Papal Service — Law 28; Renaissance literary anecdote as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Balboa Reaches the Pacific but Never Plans for Pedrarias — Law 29; conquest-era biography interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bismarck Stops After Limited Wars Create a German State — Law 29; nineteenth-century diplomatic history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Sen no Rikyu Builds a Natural-Looking Gate Through Months of Work — Law 30; Japanese tea-history anecdote as retold by Greene; Work, Ambition & Excellence; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Houdini Hides Research and Rehearsal Behind the Impossible — Law 30; performance biography summarized by Greene; Work, Ambition & Excellence; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

06 - Laws 31-36 (13)

• Ivan the Terrible Makes Russia Choose Him or the Boyars — Law 31; Russian political episode interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ninon de Lenclos Writes a Contract That Makes Admirers Compete for Her Terms — Law 31; French courtesan biography interpreted by Greene; Character, Integrity & Example; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bragadino Gives Declining Venice the Alchemist It Wants — Law 32; Venetian charlatanry episode summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Richelieu Rises by Finding the Power Behind the Throne — Law 33; political-historical anecdote; enriches an existing canonical story; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Victor Lustig Manufactures Mystery Before He Sells the Con — Law 33; con-artist profile reported by Greene; enriches an existing canonical story; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Catherine de' Medici Uses the Flying Squadron to Split Her Rivals — Law 33; French court-history account interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Joseph Duveen Makes Arabella Huntington Feel at Home Before Selling Art — Law 33; art-market biography as recounted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Bismarck Answers William's Fear with a Pledge to Die Beside Him — Law 33; Prussian political anecdote interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Louis-Philippe Removes Royal Distance and Becomes the King No One Reveres — Law 34; nineteenth-century political history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Columbus Performs Nobility Until Courts Finance His Voyage — Law 34; explorer biography interpreted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Joseph Fouché Survives Every Turn of the French Revolution — Law 35; French revolutionary political biography interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Hunt for Pancho Villa Makes the Fugitive Larger — Law 36; Mexican Revolution and U.S. expedition narrative interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Henry VIII Stops Arguing with Catherine and Changes the Institution Around Her — Law 36; Tudor political history interpreted by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

07 - Laws 37-42 (19)

• The Moon Doctor Makes Reflected Light Feel Like a Cure — Law 37; history-of-charlatanry anecdote summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Diane de Poitiers Turns Henri II's Reign into a Shared Emblem — Law 37; French court-history profile interpreted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Pausanias Dresses Like a Persian and Loses the Greeks — Law 38; classical Greek political-military episode summarized by Greene; Identity, Calling & Belonging; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Tommaso Campanella Feigns Madness and Writes Orthodoxy to Survive — Law 38; Counter-Reformation intellectual biography summarized by Greene; Courage, Resilience & Adversity; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Talleyrand Lets Napoleon's Rage Reveal That Power Is Slipping — Law 39; Napoleonic political episode as retold by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Haile Selassie Goads Ras Gugsa into Revolting on the Regent's Terms — Law 39; Ethiopian political-military anecdote interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Gonzalo Pizarro Spends an Expedition Chasing El Dorado — Law 40; conquest-era expedition narrative summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Duchess of Marlborough Saves Pennies While Blenheim Consumes Years — Law 40; architectural patronage dispute summarized by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Pietro Aretino Spends His Savings to Build a Circle in Venice — Law 40; Renaissance literary biography interpreted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• James Rothschild Spends on Culture to Cross a Social Barrier — Law 40; nineteenth-century social and financial biography interpreted by Greene; Community, Cooperation & Connection; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Lorenzo de' Medici Converts Banking Wealth into Cultural Prestige — Law 40; Renaissance patronage history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Louis XIV Uses Gifts to Make Independent Nobles Dependent — Law 40; French court-history profile interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Fushimiya Buys an Ordinary Cup and Creates a Priceless Gift — Law 40; Japanese tea-culture tale as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Akimoto Suzutomo Rejects the Five-Ryo Bargain — Law 40; Japanese tea-culture anecdote as retold by Greene; Character, Integrity & Example; Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Date Masamune Makes a Horse Come Out of a Gourd — Law 40; Japanese military-court anecdote as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Louis XV Lives in Louis XIV's Shadow Without Building a New Authority — Law 41; French royal history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Alexander Defines Himself Against Philip—and Keeps What Works — Law 41; ancient political-military biography interpreted by Greene; Identity, Calling & Belonging; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Athens Uses Ostracism to Remove Leaders Before Factions Harden — Law 42; classical political institution described through Greek examples; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Boniface VIII Lures Dante Away and Lets a Faction Take Florence — Law 42; medieval Italian political episode as retold by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

08 - Laws 43-48 (17)

• Marie-Antoinette Treats Public Resentment as Beneath Her Until It Defines Her — Law 43; French royal biography interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Chuko Liang Captures Menghuo Seven Times and Releases Him Seven Times — Law 43; Romance of the Three Kingdoms tradition retold by Greene; Conflict, Anger & Reconciliation; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Fouché Feeds Napoleon's Own Spy System a Reflection — Law 44; Napoleonic intelligence anecdote as retold by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Alcibiades Changes Social Colors in Every City — Law 44; Plutarchan political biography interpreted by Greene; Identity, Calling & Belonging; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Marie Mancini Mirrors the Heroic Self Louis XIV Wants to See — Law 44; French court romance as interpreted by Greene; Love, Loyalty & Family Bonds; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Ivan the Terrible Makes Russia Petition for the Authority It Resisted — Law 44; Russian political episode interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Milton Erickson Uses Dinner and Carpentry as Therapeutic Mirrors — Law 44; psychotherapy anecdotes summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Sen no Rikyu Teaches Desire Through One Flower — Law 44; Japanese tea-history anecdotes as retold by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• The Yellow Kid Builds an Entire Bank Around the Victim — Law 44; con-artist memoir anecdote summarized by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Thomas Cromwell Reforms Faster Than England Can Absorb — Law 45; Tudor political history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Mao Wraps Communist Revolution in Familiar Chinese History — Law 45; Chinese revolutionary rhetoric interpreted by Greene; Communication, Persuasion & Truth; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Joe Orton's Success Turns Kenneth Halliwell's Envy into Murder — Law 46; modern literary biography summarized by Greene; Love, Loyalty & Family Bonds; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Cosimo de' Medici Preserves Republican Forms While Emptying Their Power — Law 46; Renaissance political-history sketch; enriches an existing canonical story; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Cyrus the Great Ignores Tomyris and Wins One Battle Too Many — Law 47; Herodotean conquest narrative summarized by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Madame de Pompadour Studies for—and Repeatedly Renews—Louis XV — Law 47; court-biographical profile as interpreted by Greene; enriches an existing canonical story; Work, Ambition & Excellence; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Sparta's Perfect Military Form Becomes a Strategic Cage — Law 48; classical institutional history interpreted by Greene; Leadership, Power & Responsibility; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)
• Mao Gives Chiang the Cities and Turns Manchurian Space into a Weapon — Law 48; Chinese civil-war campaign interpreted by Greene; Judgment, Perception & Self-Knowledge; Attachment (file not included in this release) · Attachment (file not included in this release)

Source and related notes

• Attachment (file not included in this release) — vault-local source PDF
• The 48 Laws of Power — existing book note, audit navigation, and critical reading lens
• 60.17 Influence & Negotiation — canonical influence and negotiation hub
• · · — library infrastructure and provenance