Addition and subtraction - Chinese Kung Fu of

Author: Wu Jiaxiang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: "Making Addition" and "Making Subtraction," the collective wisdom that Chinese people now frequently recite originates from the sister volume of the author's original work "Arithmetic of Wisdom—Strategy of Addition and Subtraction" published ten years ago. This new version is more concise, more brilliant, and more accessible. Whether you are a housewife, a senior official, a soldier, or a corporate executive, you definitely know that 1+1=2 and 1-1=0; but you may not know that some things in the world decrease when added and increase when subtracted. You may not know that conquering a kingdom might be due to solving a correct addition or subtraction problem, while ruining a business could be because of not knowing how to do addition or subtraction. There are two types of addition and subtraction: one is the numerical addition and subtraction where 1+1=2, which everyone can do; the other is the wisdom of addition and subtraction where 1+1≠2, which you may not be able to do. It could be -8, or it could be 1,000, or even hundreds of thousands. The addition of a Qin prince Yiren and a crown prince's wife, Huayang Lady, made the entire Qin state a prey in the hands of the great merchant Lü Buwei. Once you learn this type of addition and subtraction, you will learn the Chinese martial art of setting traps and gaining advantages. Whether you are a housewife, a senior official, a soldier, or a corporate executive, you definitely know that 1+1=2 and 1-1=0; but you may not know that some things in the world decrease when added and increase when subtracted. You may not know that conquering a kingdom might be due to solving a correct addition or subtraction problem, while ruining a business could be because of not knowing how to do addition or subtraction. There are two types of addition and subtraction: one is the numerical addition and subtraction where 1+1=2, which everyone can do; the other is the wisdom of addition and subtraction where 1+1≠2, which you may not be able to do. It could be -8, or it could be 1,000, or even hundreds of thousands. The addition of a Qin prince Yiren and a crown prince's wife, Huayang Lady, made the entire Qin state a prey in the hands of the great merchant Lü Buwei. Once you learn this type of addition and subtraction, you will learn the Chinese martial art of setting traps and gaining advantages.