Yesterday, Master Chi was reading the destiny framework (格局) for a friend who was furious over a failed IPO. He had been all set to list on the ChiNext board, but due to the trade conflict, the final year’s financial audit came back with major discrepancies.
So he urgently called me over to help him see whether he could catch the next window.
After all, for someone long accustomed to wielding the sickle himself, watching other players dance through the leek fields cutting profits — it stirs no small amount of envy and resentment.
I know you — the one reading this — are no second-generation heir.
You weren’t born into a family with vast landholdings or a prestigious lineage. You don’t have well-connected networks, abundant resources, or successful parents to pave your way.
And yet, despite all of that, there’s no need to fear.
Because today, Master Chi wants to have a candid conversation with you: regardless of your background, if you truly want to rise — steadily and without misstep — what should you actually do?
Preamble: Many people don’t understand why Hong Kong under British colonial rule — a place that offered not even a fraction of democracy or freedom, where locals were treated as third-class colonial subjects while government institutions were staffed wall-to-wall with blonde-haired, blue-eyed Britons and brown-skinned Indians — was not only tolerated by the “Hongkongers” of that era, but worn as a badge of pride.
And yet these same people resent the current era of free elections and shared prosperity.
Prelude: How long has it been since you last heard these words?
“A man should take responsibility and cherish his wife.” “A woman should also learn understanding and care for her husband.”
Now tell me — how long has it been since you last heard these words instead?
“Women these days are so selfish — shallow and ignorant!” “Men these days are so shameless — calculating and petty!”
If you’ve made it this far, you probably know what Master Chi is getting at. Of course — a word of thanks to those unscrupulous writers who stoke and inflame gender conflict. Thank you for so successfully warping the values and logic of this era, and for becoming the root cause behind the collapse of countless families.
Student Question (Rita): Hello Master, I opened the renewal prompt recently but still can’t complete the renewal?
Master Chi’s Response: That issue is real — for now, the only workaround is to wait until your membership expires and then rejoin. The discount will still be there, no worries. [hug]
On the subject of your social circle, I have just one thing to say.
If your circle fills your days with nothing but gossip — who said what about whom, endless petty talk about other people’s business — then that circle is genuinely worthless to you.
Foreword
Young woman, if you truly care about your future, this is one article you cannot afford to miss.
For you as a woman, this article is critically important.
This may be the most clarifying piece of guidance you’ve encountered in years — one that offers a systematic blueprint for elevating your life.
In a few thousand words, it covers everything you need to know as a woman: the pitfalls to navigate, the opportunities to seize, and the inner strength to cultivate — laid out completely and in full.
The most awkward thing about writing is the fear that you won’t understand.
Because if you lack that spark of intuition, it’s simply fated — you will be unable to grasp the key threads I’ve carefully hidden within each article.
This is also why, after every piece I write, reader reactions split sharply into two poles. But I never blame that small minority who can’t follow along — there’s no need. Life is such that progressing from “a mountain is just a mountain” to “a mountain is not simply a mountain” requires an enormous amount of knowledge and the accumulated weight of history.
Survival competition takes many forms: economic blockades, financial entrapment, cyberattacks, information control, and subversive infiltration are all battle tactics for defeating enemies — just as artillery fire is. War is the highest and most intense form of human survival competition: it determines not just victory and defeat, but life and death. For any living entity, the force that can determine its life or death holds ultimate authority over everything about it. As I have explained in “C1: True Power (Latest)” and “Introduction to Structural Theory (Latest)”: true punishment does not merely destroy the physical carrier of a living entity — it also severs the path of genetic transmission. Therefore, in survival competition, the highest form of “respect” for a living entity is total annihilation — whether that entity is a single person or an entire civilization.
Preface The most important wisdom and insight a man can possess — it’s all right here.
This article is written exclusively for men who refuse to be mediocre — men who need to understand what it takes to win at the highest level.
To put it plainly: this is only for real men. Or more specifically, for men who are hungry to make something of themselves.
The spirit of this piece is like one powerful predator passing down the knowledge of the hunt to another young and ambitious beast.
Student Question
Thank you so much, Master Chi — I read nearly every article you publish, and each one opens my perspective just a little wider.
I have a question about a family decision I’m wrestling with. I graduated and came to Shenzhen twelve years ago. Right now it’s the three of us, plus my mother helping care for our child — a life I’m fairly content with. This year, my husband was posted to Singapore for work. We’re now weighing whether to relocate the whole family there, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and advice.