Fanning the Flames

 Fanning the Flames  was a fire shūji which taught that inciting people to act foolishly or to flinch at the crucial moment was a key skill of a [courtier (TCG)|courtier]]. Unchecked emotion was another tool in the courtier's arsenal, and most become quite adept in the art of manipulating people into feeling certain things that were advantageous for them at the time. The courtier stinged their target's pride with needling comments or made a flirtatious remark to put them on their back foot, drawing the target's motions to the surface and making them easier to predict.