"The Wisdom of The Strategies of the Warring States in Proverbs and Stories"

Author: Zhang Shuqie
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The main content of this book includes three closely linked parts: quotes, key principles, and stories. , About quotes. The book selects over forty quotes from The Statesman that are philosophical, thought-provoking, and inspiring. Its content mainly includes the following two aspects: First, it emphasizes the important role of moral cultivation in governing a state. Second, it highlights that the ruler should prioritize the people, show benevolence to the populace, appoint capable officials, and work for the people's benefit. The author of The Statesman also advocates that rulers should be benevolent to the people and prioritize the people's interests. The compilation of this book strives to integrate academic rigor, scientific accuracy, accessibility, and readability, treating quotes, key principles, and stories as an organically connected whole. Based on clear explanations of the quotes, the book both affirms their positive role at the time and their significant influence on later generations, while also pointing out their limitations or shortcomings from a historical perspective, adhering to the principle of selecting the essence and discarding the dross. It provides a realistic evaluation of the quotes. The writing of this book is guided by pragmatism and critical inheritance, with an emphasis on ideological depth, historical significance, cultural value, and accessibility. It adheres to the unity of history and logic, the unity of ancient thought and contemporary needs, and the unity of advancement and popularization.