Dialogue Record at the End of the Map: My New Oriental Life Counseling

Author: Xu Xiping
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Whether this book helps you depends on whether you acknowledge the importance of choice. It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it at first—just read the first third, and I guarantee you’ll realize that wise choices are more important than innate talent. Whether this book helps you depends on whether you believe in the power of design. It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it at first—once you read the stories in the book, you’ll definitely come to understand that well-thought-out design is more important than blind struggle. Whether this book helps you depends on whether you understand the purpose of hard work. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it at first—Xu Xiping’s few words will absolutely make you realize that happiness in life is the only sign of success.
This book describes numerous cases of people around us who, through Xu Xiping’s planning, went from failure to success in their overseas endeavors, offering great inspiration for ordinary people’s success. Through the unique experiences of ordinary people who changed their destinies after consulting with Xu Xiping, the book vividly portrays the winding, colorful journey of contemporary youth as they move from confusion to success.
The book focuses on Harvard graduates, Peking University elites, and young people dreaming of entering these hallowed halls. However, the author never encourages people to pursue academic credentials or vanity. Instead, he consistently teaches people about the spirit and methods of hard work, as well as true value and happiness. Never has there been an author as passionate as Xu Xiping, nor a book as compelling in language as The Dialogue at the End of the Scroll.
Over the past decade and a half of China’s reform and opening-up, many authentic legendary stories have emerged among the Chinese people. The founders of Peking University’s New Oriental School, such as Yu Minhong and Xu Xiping, are among the most legendary figures. These individuals stood out as outliers among the Peking University scholars who were ambitious, good at talk but lazy in action. Xu Xiping was one of the three pillars of New Oriental, known for his skill in rallying people (or more accurately, inciting them), earning him the nickname “Mentor.”
This book consists of over twenty stories—whether true or fabricated (the trendy term is “cases”)—all centered around one idea: how Xu Teacher guided the boys and girls of New Oriental toward paths of success, whether going abroad, staying, or returning home.