The Complete Treatise on Li Zongwu's Thick and Black Way of Life

Author: Li Zongwu
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Li Zongwu's The Thick Black School is hailed as a "miraculous book" in the world. Li Zongwu once said, "Since I began to read and write, I have aspired to become a hero or a great figure. I searched the Four Books and Five Classics, but found nothing; I searched the Hundred Schools of Thought and the Twenty-Four Histories, but still found nothing. I believed that ancient heroes and great figures must possess secret knowledge, but I, being foolish and dull, could not find it. I searched tirelessly, forgetting sleep and food, for years. One day, I happened to think of the Three Kingdoms period and the characters from it, and suddenly I had an epiphany: I've found it! I've found it! Ancient heroes and great figures were merely those with thick faces and black hearts."
This book, written by the author, comprehensively introduces and elaborates on Li Zongwu's "Thick Black School" using a vast amount of classic materials from ancient and modern China and the world. It focuses on the ways of conducting oneself and dealing with others under Chinese cultural psychology, providing detailed analysis of various interpersonal skills and handling experiences. It offers some reference value for people in today's highly competitive society to adapt to complex and ever-changing interpersonal relationships and adjust their mindset. However, the book excessively discusses the "ways of petty people," even glorifying the conspiracies and harms of those who deceive and harm others without scruples, which is something with which one cannot agree. This also goes against the main theme of today's spiritual civilization and harmonious society construction.
For such content, we have specially pointed it out and added annotations to remind and help readers better discern right from wrong and improve their understanding.