Chinese Business Way (Hardcover, Three Volumes)

Author: Li Boqin
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Collects the wisdom of Huizhou and Jinzhou merchants, integrates the spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, remembers the 36 strategies of traveling merchants, and advocates the power of networking to accumulate wealth. The history of Chinese merchant clans in business is long and enduring. Whether overseas or domestically, their conscious pursuit of commercial awareness and practical implementation has built a century-old business tradition and renowned achievements, while also accumulating a wealth of invaluable maritime commerce experiences and strategies. Deeply experience the ancient Chinese business philosophy, analyze their business thoughts, carefully discern their successes and failures, and marvel at their perseverance in starting businesses in humble beginnings, their cleverness in achieving success with ease, their sincerity in adhering to traditional ancestral teachings, and their keenness and pioneering spirit in modern business. To understand the origins and developments of Chinese merchants, one must savor the timeless business teachings in the business world. The Chinese Business Philosophy discusses how Chinese merchants viewed the path of business (i.e., the way of doing business and being a person) and their actions from three aspects: Timeless Business Teachings, Business War Strategies, and Famous Merchants and Tycoons. The book selects classic ancient works such as Zuo Zhuan, Book of Han, Records of the Grand Historian, and Essential Records of the Office of the Grand Historian, as well as renowned merchants of past dynasties, such as Fan Li, Lü Buwei, Hu Xuyan, and Yu Qaqing, to narrate their ways of being and doing business. It tells the stories of merchants who were honest, operated with integrity, and ultimately achieved great success in business, offering valuable insights for modern entrepreneurs. The wisdom contained within is profoundly beneficial.
This book is divided into three volumes. Volume 1: Timeless Business Teachings. The history of Chinese merchant clans in business is long and enduring. Whether overseas or domestically, their conscious pursuit of commercial awareness and practical implementation has built a century-old business tradition and renowned achievements, while also accumulating a wealth of invaluable maritime commerce experiences and strategies. Volume 2: Business War Strategies. This volume selects numerous vivid, comprehensive, and multi-dimensional examples of business warfare from the vast body of merchant culture classics and provides incisive analysis, opening up a new perspective on business warfare strategies and offering in-depth concepts. This book will undoubtedly become the bedside companion for new Chinese entrepreneurs. Volume 3: Famous Merchants and Tycoons. They were deeply strategic and adaptable in the business world. Their lives were full of ups and downs, making them highly legendary. What made them ultimately become the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the world? What struggles did they endure from having no land to stand on to becoming as rich as a kingdom?