Strategic Wisdom: Annotations to the Works of Feng Menglong and a Modern Collection of Wisdom Classics

Author: Fan Wenqiong
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: "The Wisdom Treasury" is one of the books most favored by Mao Zedong in his lifetime and a bedtime companion of Zeng Guofan. Wisdom is as essential to a person as water is to the earth. Without water, the land becomes a desert; without wisdom, a person becomes aimless. Wisdom, when applied to people, is like water flowing through the land. Where the land is low-lying, water fills it; where human affairs are lacking, wisdom fills the void. "The Wisdom Treasury" is a collection of short stories compiled by the famous Ming Dynasty litterateur Feng Menglong. The book collects over a thousand stories from ancient times that demonstrate how people used wisdom to overcome difficulties. These stories not only reflect the grand strategies of emperors, generals, scholars, and renowned figures in politics, military, and diplomacy but also showcase the small but clever solutions of common people like soldiers, women, servants, monks, and farmers in their daily lives. "The Wisdom Treasury: Strategies" combines selected stories from "The Wisdom Treasury" with contemporary wisdom stories, creating a harmonious contrast that can serve as a guiding light, illuminating the paths of modern life.