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"The Journey of Kazuo Inamori to the Business Saint" is a biographical novel about the legendary life of "The Saint of Japanese Business", Kazuo Inamori. The book describes in stages the process of Kazuo Inamori's childhood in his hometown, from birth, studying, getting sick, helping his family's business and showing his business talent; after graduation, he went to work at Shofu Industrial, worked hard and performed well, but left due to the gradual decline of the company, founded his own Kyoto Ceramics Company, and the various difficulties, setbacks, and efforts in running the Kyoto Ceramics Company. Strength and persistence, how to develop and expand a company until it becomes a company among the world's top 500 - Kazuo Inamori, born in 1932 in Kagoshima, Japan, was known as the "Four Saints of Management" along with Konosuke Matsushita, Soichiro Honda, and Akio Morita during the era when Japan created the "economic miracle". During Inamori's long business career, he single-handedly brought Kyocera and KDDI into the ranks of the world's top 500 companies. After his retirement, he was ordered to revive Japan Airlines, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. His great achievements are legendary. The author truly and emotionally describes the growth of Inamori Kazuo, showing his superhuman management ability and life wisdom. Whether he is an employee, founder or operator of a company, he has always been full of enthusiasm for the company and his job, has no selfish desires, and a fighting spirit of never giving up. Moreover, he has always been humble and studious, advocating "respect for heaven." Through this novel, we can better understand that Kazuo Inamori is not only an entrepreneur, but also a philosopher and educator, and why Kazuo Inamori has a profound influence on entrepreneurs and every ordinary person.