Dajiang · practice with entrepreneurs
Dajiang大匠塾
A course of practice with entrepreneurs at Zhenghedao — not leadership theory, but a leader’s structure of wisdom and the forming of character. (editor’s summary)
“Every so often you hear someone say, “I am just me.” But is that “me” really me?”trans.
「时不时就听到有人说“我就是我”。“我”真的是“我”么？」
— Danjue · 正和岛 · 大匠塾专栏 · 2019
“If you cannot sense what program drives this wilful “I”, you cannot see that the “I” is not, in fact, free.”trans.
「如果不能“觉”到、“觉”出这个任性之“我”是在被什么程序驱动，就无法领悟“我”其实并不自由！」
— Danjue · 正和岛 · 大匠塾专栏 · 2019
“Then you see that the trouble with communication is not a lack of communication skill.”trans.
「于是就能明白沟通的困境并非是由于沟通艺术不够」
— Danjue · 正和岛 · 大匠塾专栏 · 2019
Dajiang begins with the self: first see what drives the “I” that believes itself free. That is the work of Gewei.
大匠塾从“我”开始：先看见那个自以为自由的“我”被什么驱动。这正是格位的功夫。
I · Cultivating the self
“Being an ordinary person matters so much! Keeping one’s family simple and at peace — it turns out that matters so much!”trans.
「做一个普通人，居然如此重要！能够把自己家庭经营得简单平和，原来如此重要！」
— Danjue · 正和岛新年论坛 · 2020-01
“Cultivating the heart comes down to three things: a family in order, health, and steadiness.”trans.
「修心三件事就可以做到：齐家，健康，持重。」
— Danjue · 正和岛新年论坛 · 2020-01
II · The leader
“In university classrooms and at Dajiang I focused on a leader’s structure of wisdom and the road by which a leader’s character is formed.”trans.
「我在大学课堂和大匠塾聚焦的是领导者的智慧结构以及领导人格的养成之路。」
— Danjue · 《独白——序非序》· 2025-01
“Zhu Xi’s saying, “Where the spirit arrives, what cannot be done?”, is what the eight characters of Dajiang point to.”trans.
「朱熹之言，“精神一到，何事不成”就是大匠塾八字所指。」
— Danjue · 朋友圈 · 2024-11-10
The “eight characters” are “sincere heart and true intent; gathered spirit, focused mind” (per the Zhenghedao column’s editor).
“八字”，即先生常讲的“真心实意、聚精会神”（据正和岛专栏编者按）。
III · The man
“The first of the common people: be an ordinary person, teach real learning, seek the ultimate reason of things, and live cheerful days.”trans.
「天下第一百姓。做普普通通的人，讲真真切切的学问，求极致究竟的道理，过乐乐呵呵的日子。」
— Danjue · 正和岛 · 大匠塾专栏 · 2019
- “The first of the common people”0:21 · Douyin · Danjue ↗
所谓天下第一百姓啊，不是说我们在百姓里面又占有独占鳌头，而是在各种身份里面我们选择：我们选择我们就是一个百姓，而除此以外呢，什么大师啊、什么教授啊、什么总裁啊，我们什么也不是，我们就是百姓。
Being “the first of the common people” doesn’t mean standing out among them. Of all the identities on offer, we choose to be one of the common people — not a master, not a professor, not a CEO. Just one of the people.trans.
IV · Record
- 2019The Dajiang column on ZhenghedaoSohu repost · 14 Apr 2019 ↗
- 2020New Year Forum talk on ZhenghedaoSina Finance · 2 Jan 2020 ↗
- 2020Recordings of the second and third cohortsArchived recordings, not public
- 2025“In university classrooms and at Dajiang…”His preface “A monologue”