August 8th: Tian Yike, a well-known calligrapher, a prominent researcher of Chinese civilization and a senior researcher at CIBE, was invited to our camp. He was devoted to marketing, management and business ethics study for a few dozen years, and is especially good at combining traditional Chinese culture with the managing of modern enterprises.
To get started, Mr. Tian raised many stimulating questions, including: “Who are you?, Who would you like to be?, How can you achieve that?, What do you want to do?, How?, What do you need?, What do you have?, and What must you give up?”.
Then, he introduced a little story. A Britain gentleman came across an old poor Chinese lady, and asked for the reason why she did everything so slowly. She replied, “The end waiting for all of us is death, so why hurry?”
Mr. Tian believes the essence of Chinese culture is “to be a saint, to read ten thousand books, and to travel ten thousand miles”
Next, he shared his opinion about how to be a good man. He frequently quoted that “Dao moves towards the opposite direction, and its function is subtle.” Therefore, if you cannot do something, do not rush into it but take your time with the problem, and you will accomplish whatever you want.
In today’s lecture I was impressed by Mr. Tian’s “happiness theory”. He said you would instinctually know what constitutes your happiness when faced with danger.
Written by Wang Yi
University of International Business and Economy
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