After years of analyzing destiny charts (BaZi) for members of elite circles, one thing has become increasingly clear to me: anyone who achieves sustained success has, at the level of the great Dao (the Way), consistently done many things right.
This becomes especially evident when you have traced the paths of one billionaire after another, then compared them against the winding roads walked by those whose fortunes have not gone well.
These past couple of days I’ve been caught up with volunteer work, which means I’ve neglected checking in with all of you in our community. For that, I owe you an apology.
I’ve been turning things over in my mind, and beyond urging you to stock up on daily necessities and food supplies — wherever you are — I honestly can’t think of much else worth saying. Everything feels dull and unremarkable right now, and the near-term future looks bleak.
“In a factory that makes screws, you will never find blueprints for an engine.” That is my personal assessment of the education most people receive.
Master Chi doesn’t know if you’ve realized this, but the vast majority of people — yourself included — have gone from childhood to adulthood without anyone ever teaching you a single word about wealth, assets, or moving up in life.
Because these topics are simply too taboo. Especially the truly core insights — laid out plainly, they are eye-opening “anti-common-sense” truths.
A friend once put an interesting question to me: “Master Chi, you’ve seen a great deal and you understand destiny reading — tell me, what is the one thing in this world that harms women most?”
I hesitated for a moment, unsure how to answer.
Various answers surfaced in my mind — toxic men, poverty, a broken family of origin — and while they all sounded plausible, none of them felt like they’d struck the true root of the disease.
If you’ve done reasonably well for yourself and have spent time around a few friends of notable means, you’ll immediately recognize the truth in what Master Chi is about to share: Before wealth arrives, subtle signs always appear first — in the invisible currents of life. Whether you notice it yourself or the people around you do, there’s a growing sense that things are aligning, that fortune is building momentum. Then, after some time passes, without much surprise, a significant sum of wealth finds its way into your hands — through conventional or unconventional means alike.
Today, Master Chi wants to share with you a life formula.
This formula was shared with me by a highly influential elder when Master Chi was young. Because it has benefited me immeasurably, I have carried this gratitude with me all my life.
So I hope that whenever you feel lost and confused, you will recite this logic to yourself. Over time, you will come to understand the peace and power it holds. Because this logic has helped countless people rise from the very bottom to become elite members of the middle class worth tens of millions. It has helped countless failures climb out of the mud of tragedy and poverty, and ultimately achieve positions of great prestige.
I honestly don’t know whether you have the discernment to fully grasp what this article is saying.
Although this piece is written with reason and clear thinking, it may very well cause discomfort for some readers precisely because it is too rational and measured.
There’s no avoiding it — nearly 99.99% of articles written today about global geopolitics are far too emotionally charged and sensationalized.
So I genuinely don’t know how much of this will actually land once that heavy seasoning of “hot-blooded emotion” is stripped away.
Just a few days ago, I needed to keep some important documents close at hand, so I made a special trip back to an old apartment I own in central Shanghai to retrieve them. But once I had what I came for and walked downstairs, I found myself in an awkward situation — a long white warning tape had been stretched across the entrance. I asked around and got my answer: quarantine lockdown, 48 hours, no one in or out.
I often share a single guiding concept with those who seek me out for destiny reading (命理): if you want your life to run smoother — and to achieve both wealth and happiness — you only need to remember two sentences. Do more of what helps you grow and accumulate. Avoid and stay far from what drains your vital essence and spirit.
Why?
Because long-term smooth fortune is never built on just one or two decisions in life — just as no one who has achieved real results got there by doing only one thing right. There must be a complete internal logic underlying it all.
Over the years, many female readers have come to me with the same question: “Master, what does a woman look like at her most beautiful?”
Honestly, I’ve never quite known how to answer it. My own standards for female beauty are fundamentally at odds with the world’s crass fixation on physical appearance.
My logic is simple: looking beautiful is not true beauty. A beautiful life, beautiful wealth, a beautiful marriage and family — that is great beauty.