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Hu Xueyan: The Fall of the Red-Top Merchant
大吕文化 · 2025
Cixi granted him the yellow jacket; Zuo Zongtang relied on him as his purse. He controlled half the wealth of the late Qing—so why did Hu Xueyan, the …
The Great Businessman
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
More than 150 years ago, as the Empire teetered on the brink of crisis, Chinese commerce was climbing toward its zenith. One after another, the great …
The Great Businessman 6: Locking Horns
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
In business, talking business is a businessman's bounden duty—yet over the past few thousand years, who has ever truly managed it? The larger the busi…
The Great Businessman 4: Letting Go to Gain
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
In business, talking business is the duty of a businessman—yet over thousands of years, who has truly managed it? The bigger the business, the more on…
The Great Businessman 3: Setting the Trap
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
Business is business—that has always been the merchant's creed. Yet in several thousand years, how many have truly lived by it? The bigger the busines…
Biography of Hu Xueyan
Writers Publishing House · 2026
In late Qing history there was a legendary figure who elevated the art of making money to a kind of mastery, and to this day remains an unavoidable re…
Hu Xueyan: Handling Affairs and Doing Business
· 2024
Hu Xueyan rose from a landlord family and, relying on his own wits, built a fortune from nothing. A famed "red-topped merchant" and the richest busine…
Hu Xueyan's Talents and Strategy and the Way of Business and Politics
China Fortune Press · 2023
In business—whether between companies or between business owners—one must understand the principle of "staying flexible and not coveting small gains" …
The Sounds of the Market
Qunyan Publishing House · 2024
The only late-Qing novel devoted to the world of industry and commerce, it centers on the Shanghai business community and portrays the decline of late…
Classic Book Fragrance · Chinese Classical Novels of Manners Series: Twenty Years' Dream of Splendor
Tuanjie Publishing House (Unity Press) · 2020
This novel exposes the corruption and depravity of Qing officials and bureaucratic capitalists, reflecting the dark officialdom and luxurious living o…
The Secret of Making a Fortune (Unannotated Edition)
· 2015
Wu Jianren's hatred for the 'compradors' portrayed in The Secret of Making a Fortune is profound, reaching the point where his eyes glare with fury. T…