Eternal Shang Sage: Fan Li's Second Half of Life

The Spring and Autumn Period was an era of dazzling swords and endless wars. It was also an era of eloquent philosophical thoughts and rich people. Fan Li, a Shang sage of a generation, was briefly glimpsed in the legend of Wu Yue's struggle for supremacy and his love affair with Xi Shi, but his traces are hard to find in history books. How did this sage and great man, who combined Confucianism and Taoism in one family and placed emphasis on the application of classical knowledge, achieve enlightenment from the deepest of worldly experience to the most profound of transcendence? How did he realize from the peak of his fame that fighting for hegemony for years would inevitably lead to the decline of people's livelihood, so he bravely retreated from the rapids and focused on doing business, embarking on the difficult journey of making the country strong with the people's wealth? On the one hand, the princes are vying to pay homage to the prime minister; on the other hand, the heroes of Wu and Yue are chasing him all the way, either with hatred or suspicion; on the other hand, the painful yearning for Xi Shi's life and death is uncertain... The second half of Fan Li's life was full of mud and danger. The work vividly creates the atmosphere of the era and depicts the undertones of loyalty, chivalry and bravery in Spring and Autumn culture. The story is suspenseful and thrilling at every step, making it difficult to put it down. Recalling the past and thinking about the present, Fan Li's business methods and the wealth ethics and wealth ethics he practiced also provide rare enlightenment for today's society.