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Wu Wei Academy

Mr. Yan Jiehe says that no rich man is imperishable ever since ancient times except education, science and books. Wuwei Academy (wuwei means five flavor in Chinese) compares joy, anger, sadness, grief and pleasure of life to the five flavor of sweetness, spiciness,  sourness, bitterness and saltiness, signifying different life phases from the growth of chasing fame and wealth, maturity of having fame and wealth to the success of not caring about fame and wealth. Since the ancient times, people who indifferent to fame and wealth are always who already have them.  How can one be indifferent to them when s/he doesn’t have them?
 
From the growth of sweet joy, the pain of spicy anger, maturity of sour sadness, suffering of bitter grief to the success of salty pleasure, one experiences the phases like an ambitious athlete fitting character of Confucius, a mature coach with character of Buddhist contribution and a successful judge with character of Taoist peace.