the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
1.lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn]2.an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent