First, [Ming] Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is undoubtedly a man's book, even an encyclopedia for men. Men's dreams, ambitions, interests and purposes; Men's success or failure, gain or loss, honor or disgrace, choice; A man's mind, courage, courage and strategy; Men's meanness, impulsiveness, cowardice, hypocrisy ... are all vividly shown in this book. Most importantly, this book can teach men how to look at success, failure, gain and loss, honor and disgrace from a strategic perspective, choose and control their own minds, courage and strategies, and restrain their meanness, impulsiveness, cowardice and hypocrisy, so as to realize their dreams, ambitions, interests and goals. Men should stand tall and see far.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms must read Keywords: strategy
Readability index: ★★★★★★★
Second, "A Dream of Red Mansions" Author: [Qing] Cao Xueqin,
If The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is an encyclopedia for men, then A Dream of Red Mansions is an encyclopedia for women. A Dream of Red Mansions contains almost all the women and things related to women that a man can meet in his life. If you fall in love with Lin Daiyu and are loved by Xue Baochai, and your confidante Shi Xiangyun has inadvertently disturbed your already chaotic love, Wang Xifeng is your superior, Miao Yu is your colleague, and you have subordinates like xiren and Qingwen, your promotion is related to Yuan Chun's nepotism ... What do you do? So a dream of red mansions is a compulsory course for a man.
A dream of red mansions must read keywords: women
Required reading index: ★★★★★★★
Third, "Water Margin" Author: [Ming] Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong.
The core of Water Margin is the word "loyalty". "Loyalty" is the foundation of a person's standing in society. How can you be a man without loyalty? However, the positive significance of Water Margin does not stop there. It preaches loyalty, while exposing and denying false loyalty and stupid loyalty. Who is loyal to whom, who has real loyalty to whom? Brothers fell down one by one in the course of conquering Fang La, and Song Jiang cried again and again, but the author also explained the difference between his crying and crying clearly. Song Jiangzhen killed Li Kui jy, which is a great irony to the word friendship!
"Water Margin" must read keywords: loyalty and righteousness
Required reading index: ★★★★★☆.
Fourth, "Tao Te Ching" Author: [Spring and Autumn] Laozi
Tao Te Ching talks about "inaction" and "indisputable", but for a person, especially for modern people, "inaction" and "indisputable" are extremely difficult to achieve. So "inaction" and "indisputable" have become a very high realm. In the process of cultivating this realm, men will greatly release pressure, broaden their minds and become immortals. Curiously, when a man really cultivates the realm of "inaction" and "indisputable", it becomes "inaction" and "the husband does not dispute, and the world does not dispute"
Must-read keywords of Tao Te Ching: Realm
Readability index: ★★★★★
V. The Art of War by Sun Tzu: [Spring and Autumn] Sun Tzu
If Sun Tzu's Art of War is missing from this list, I think many male compatriots will express their protest and disappointment. But I don't want to rank the art of war too high, because men nowadays pay too much attention to the value of strategy. In fact, the value of Sun Tzu's art of war is not only in "strategy", but more importantly, it can teach men to assess the situation. The first sentence of Sun Tzu's Art of War: "Soldiers, the important events of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival must be observed." Is to teach people to assess the situation. The next chapters are mostly about "sizing up the situation": what to do if your strength is "twice" that of the enemy, what to do if you are on the verge of death, and so on. And "soldier, who is regarded as a classic dogma by many men" is just the details of Sun Tzu's art of war.
"The Art of War" must read keywords: size up the situation
Readability index: ★★★★★
Six, "A Farewell to Arms" Hemingway [America]
There are countless masters of world literature, but few writers can really be included in men's required reading. Hemingway can undoubtedly be counted as one of them. Almost all his works are written for men and real men. Men must read The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. A Farewell to Arms, because it is mainly about war and love, can make a man's heart the hardest and softest, so it has aroused a wide range of male voices. The war described in this book is a real war-World War I; The love described is also true love-how many tough guys Catherine touched. This book shows men's determination and tenderness incisively and vividly, and it is so close to reality that men can't help reading it.
A Farewell to Arms must read Keywords: reality
Reading index: ★★★★☆.
Seven, "Wang Mo Shu Shi" Author: [Tang] Wang Wei
Competition, strategy, loyalty, women make men feel at a loss. It is rare to have a half-day leisure. Reading Wang Wei's poems and feeling his aesthetic mood, his mysterious fear and the poet's open-mindedness will make men breathe a sigh of relief. Life is like this, "It's too light for anyone to hear except my partner, Mingyue."
Must-read keyword "Poems of Wang Moshu": Mind
Reading index: ★★★★