Chinese style power games: Precisely because the creative motivation was to "use the past to assist in governing," throughout the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties which came after the initial publication of the Comprehensive Mirror, it became essential discourse for the imperial teacher, and essential reading for each successive ruler and crown prince--required courses in the education of an emperor.
中國式權力遊戲正因為有此「藉前史以資治」的著作動機，所以自《通鑑》刊行後，歷元、明、清諸朝，均為上書房帝師所必講，為歷代皇太子所必讀，成為皇帝訓練班必修的課程。