Biographies of Five Legendary Machiavellian Figures (Five Volumes)

Wang Yangming + Zeng Guofan + Genghis Khan + Liu Bowen + Zhang Juzheng, biographies of five legendary political figures. In the wild Longchang, Wang Yangming realized that "the way of the saint is self-sufficient in nature", that is, everyone has a conscience. In the bloody battlefield and dangerous court, what makes Longchang Enlightenment actually work is the "unity of knowledge and action", that is, following the inner conscience, one can achieve a state of tranquility within and invincibility from the outside. If the study of mind is the skill of sages, then the unity of knowledge and action is worldly wisdom. The unity of knowledge and action does not come from sudden enlightenment, but is a realm of life that is cultivated through constant reflection and practice in hardships. After experiencing the humiliation in public, the fear of being imprisoned and waiting to die; the despair of being exiled to the Southern Barbarians, the danger of the plague; the loneliness of the barren mountains and the loneliness of no one, until the ecstasy of enlightenment and the peace of attaining the Tao, Wang Yangming not only found inner peace, but also gradually gained the power to change the world through the "unity of knowledge and action". Relying on the powerful power of the unity of knowledge and action, Wang Yangming led the weak civil servants to defeat the huge bandits in Jiangxi for decades. Relying on the powerful power of the unity of knowledge and action, Wang Yangming put down King Ning's rebellion within thirty-five days with a few letters and a fire attack. Relying on the powerful power of the unity of knowledge and action, Wang Yangming fundamentally eliminated the ethnic banditry in Guangxi that had troubled the Ming government for many years. By telling the glorious legend of Wang Yangming, this book analyzes for you the boundless power of the unity of knowledge and action.