翟鸿燊 Zhai (2) Hong (2) Shen (1)

An academic, scholar, expert self-marketer (thus controversial in some circles), cultural promoter, speaker and educator influencing modern China; extremely knowledgeable and insightful of Chinese philosophies and literature, his lectures are geared to proper application of these philosophies and wisdom into life-improving action.

He has an extensive series of lectures in advanced Chinese (quite a pleasure to listen to since it is entertaining as much as it is educational) to audiences of business executives, and is consultant to leaders who shape the current developments of modern China.

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMTEwNTc4NjU2/v.swf

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTEwNTc4NjU2.html

This man fuses the deepest wisdom found in ancient Chinese texts, fuses them with Western bodies of knowledge in persoal development, corporate management, leadership, and business/commercial development as applied to modern China.

Superb mastery over the Chinese language and great presentation skills are only small factors in this person's success.

One amongst many amazing quotes, idioms and supportive "catch phrases" he uses in teaching:

The reason to learn Chinese Traditional characters:

中國字形藏理字音通意

The shape and structure of each Chinese character hides rationale and patterns that point to the meaning; the sound of it also indicates and suggests its meaning and meanings are sometimes shared between characters using the same sound.