“Let the ruler be a ruler; the minister, a minister; the father, a father; the son, a son” is a proper description of the traditional Chinese social order, which means everyone performs his specific duties. However, in imperial families, where the emperor is both father and ruler and his children are also his subjects and ministers, family inheritance inevitably intertwines with the country's fate and thus raises complex issues. ICS was honoured to invite Mr. Ian Huen to deliver a series of five lectures on “The Politics of Emperors in Imperial China” every Friday evening from 3 November to 1 December 2023 at the User Education Room of University Library. Throughout the lectures, Mr. Huen drew on ideas from The Art of War to analyse four representative historical cases of imperial succession and explore how Chinese traditional wisdom inspires modern family inheritance. The lecture series attracted around 80 participants.