Chapter 873 872 [The Father of Chicken Soup for the Soul]
There are two books that Jews believe in throughout their lives, one is called the Bible and the other is called the Talmud.
In 586 BC, the Jewish kingdom was destroyed and a large number of Jews were trapped in Babylon. Countless Jewish sages and religious personnel gathered here. They could not run away and had nothing to do. They spent hundreds of years compiling a book of Jewish oral law. The book is about 40 volumes and has a total of 2.5 million words. It is called "Tamu". Virtue".
The Talmud is all-encompassing and contains a large number of myths, historical legends, folk customs, astronomy and geography, medical arithmetic, and botanical knowledge. It is both a Jewish history book, an encyclopedia, and a philosophical masterpiece.
If the Bible is the spiritual conversion of the Jews, then the Talmud is the survival guide for the Jews.
Every Jew will receive "Talmudic education" from his parents from childhood, and will naturally become Judaized as he grows up. This is the main reason why the Jewish nation has not dissipated after more than 2,000 years.
After the founding of the state of Israel, Orthodox Jews even tried to make the Talmud the founding law of the country.
As the leader of American Judaism, Stephen Wise has naturally studied the Talmud seriously, but today he received the "Talmud - Why can Jews become rich?" "The book made Mr. Wise's expression extremely complicated.
This sample booklet was sent by someone from Zhou Hexuan. It begins with the following words - Children from Jewish families almost have to answer a question when they are growing up: "If one day your house is burned down, what will you take with you to escape?" ?" If the child answers money or diamonds, the mother will further ask: "There is a treasure with no shape, color, and smell. Do you know what it is?" If the child cannot answer, the mother will say: "Child, What you want to take away is not money or diamonds, but wisdom. Wisdom cannot be taken away by anyone. As long as you want her, wisdom will always follow you."
After Stephen Wise read this paragraph, he subconsciously reacted: "That's nonsense, my mother never asked me this question!"
But if you think about it carefully, this nonsense makes a lot of sense, and the beginning of it is intended to establish a positive image of Jews advocating wisdom.
Stephen Wise patiently read on, and the content made him dumbfounded. The whole book is divided into two volumes: "Doing Business" and "Living in the World". It distorts the ideological meaning of the "Talmud" in various ways. To put it bluntly, it is a book about success that is forced to drink chicken soup for the soul.
But Stephen Wise had to admit that this book would be a hot seller once it was published, and it would be of great benefit to promote a positive image of Jews.
This book also quotes many golden lines from the Talmud, such as——
“God brought you into this world naked, not for you to leave it empty-handed.”
"You should treat making money as a matter of finding happiness, otherwise don't waste your time on it."
"Angels are happy because they have wings, and humans are happy because they have dreams."
“There are no products that cannot be sold in the world, only people who cannot sell them.”
"You should think of your business as your lover, so that your relationship is full of passion and fun. The more sincere your feelings are, the more you will get in return, and the happier your business will be."
"There are four standards by which people can be measured, which are money, alcohol, women, and attitude towards time. These four measures have something in common - they all have attractions, but they cannot be indulged in."
"In Jewish eyes, everything depends on the woman. In marriage and love life, a good woman is a school."
Countless golden sentences dazzled Stephen Wise, and the aftertaste was endless after reading. But he swore that he had studied Talmud all his life and had never seen some of the sentences in it, so Zhou Hexuan had just made them up.
There are two types of books that sell well in the book market, one is Chicken Soup for the Soul, and the other is Success Learning, and Zhou Hexuan’s book covers them all.
In the first volume of "Doing Business", Zhou Hexuan teaches readers in the first chapter to establish a correct view of money, such as money is neither noble nor cheap, cash is supreme, money is not idle for half a year, making money is natural, etc., and the second chapter teaches readers how to learn The ability to make money, Chapter 3 teaches readers how to sharpen their will in adversity...
It makes sense, but is actually very nonsense. However, if anyone can implement it seriously, then he will definitely be able to make some small achievements.
There is a lot of interesting content later, such as how to master information, how to use eloquence, how to remain mysterious, how to seize opportunities, how to intimidate opponents, etc. In any case, even a rich man like Rockefeller cannot point out the shortcomings of the Talmud and the Jews.
In terms of purely religious and national sentiments, Zhou Hexuan's book is a blasphemy to the Talmud, but Stephen Wise laughed like an old fox after reading it.
Western white people have natural hostility towards Jews. One reason is religion, and the other reason is money.
The first volume of Zhou Hexuan's book "Doing Business" can make readers unconsciously identify with the Jews and actively learn Jewish business concepts. As for the second volume, "Living in the World", it can eliminate readers' misunderstandings about the Jews and wash away the greedy and philistine faces of the Jews.
What a great book!
Nowadays, everyone is shouting about the "American Dream". In fact, to put it bluntly, they just want to get rich. Immigrants from all over the world want to find gold in the United States. Success Learning and Chicken Soup for the Heart are exactly what people urgently need. This stuff is like spiritual opium, making people in the middle and lower classes of society sleepless and forgetful about eating.
This book was directly copied by Zhou Hexuan from "Talmud - Jewish Bible of Business Wisdom and Life". He originally read it while traveling to relieve his boredom, and his photographic memory allowed him to copy it word for word. . Many of the business methods, business skills, chicken soup for the soul, and success theories in the book were summarized and summarized by later generations over a long period of time, and were extremely lethal in the 1930s.
Even, as long as you strictly follow the theory and implement it, this book can really guide you in doing business and making a fortune - most people cannot persist and implement it poorly.
Stephen Wise felt that it was a great deal to help the Chinese publicize the anti-Japanese war and the abolition of the Chinese Exclusion Act in exchange for a best-selling book that whitewashed the Jews. What's more, the propaganda is also good for the Jews, and it would be even better if a Jewish refugee zone could be opened in China.
Stephen Wise took out a pen and paper and wrote to Zhou Hexuan: "Dear Mr. Zhou, thank you very much for your understanding of the Jews. As an Oriental scholar, your research on the Talmud is admirable... You A forever friend to the Jewish people.”
What Zhou Hexuan did not expect was that his Chicken Soup for the Soul would be reprinted countless times over the next half century, with sales far exceeding those of "Titanic", "The Rise of the Great Powers" and "The Condor" trilogy. and other books have become his best-selling classics.
After the reform and opening up of New China, magazines such as "Reader" and "Yilin" quoted Zhou Hexuan's book in various ways, feeding an entire generation of Chinese people with poisonous chicken soup.
Some netizens even jokingly called Zhou Hexuan the "Father of Chicken Soup for the Soul" and nicknamed him "Chicken Soup Zhou."