How to manage wealth, how to reach the shore,
how to maintain, how to make things happen,
how to predict the future
A life technical manual written in Euclidean geometric structure. Starting from axioms, it progressively derives development paths for both the elite and the non-elite.
Contents
Five Hows
5hows divides readers into two categories — those willing to serve original dishes to the world (the elite), and those who choose not to (the non-elite). Choose your reading path.
How to Truly Live
How to truly live
Lifetime is a theme park pass — you always try to visit more parks. Explore the development paths of the elite and non-elite, and the ultimate meaning of wealth — serving original dishes to the world.
How to Manage Wealth
How to manage wealth
The path from first bucket of gold to perpetual financial freedom. Discusses the logic behind W₀ (~30M RMB) and how the non-elite can achieve financial freedom through value investing.
How to Reach the Shore
How to reach the shore
The path from W₁ to W₂ (~300M RMB). Restricted content, not publicly posted.
How to Maintain Position
How to maintain your position
A mandatory subject after reaching the shore. Wealth preservation is not just an investment issue — it is a lifestyle and cognitive framework.
How to Make Things Happen
How to make things happen
The exclusive subject for the elite. The startup logic from 0 to 1, the Dream Captain theory, and the concrete path to serving original dishes to the world.
How to Predict the Future
How to predict the future
The elite's second exclusive subject. Understanding historical patterns and technological trends, and making judgments at the frontier of humanity's knowledge convex hull.
How to Do Anything
How to do anything
Extra chapter. A collection of second-tier techniques — how to get over a breakup, how to win, how to choose a major, and more. Since it is "Anything", topics are endless.
Theory System
Core Concepts
5hows unfolds in Euclidean geometric structure: axioms first, then theorems, then corollaries. Key concepts throughout the book:
Serve Original Dishes
Make original contributions on the frontier of human knowledge, efficiency, thought, and culture. This is the ultimate mission of the elite.
Knowledge Convex Hull
The boundary of all known human knowledge. Only by making original contributions at this frontier can one truly create new value for the world.
The Passion
Something you do every day without needing to be pushed — not a physiological need or an assignment from others. Finding The Passion is the starting point of the elite.
The Elite
Those willing to serve original dishes to the world. Their development path centers on how4 and how5.
The Non-Elite
Those who choose not to serve original dishes to the world (not derogatory). Their development path centers on how1/how2; how3 is mandatory for everyone.
W₀ (~30M RMB)
The wealth target for the non-elite track. About 30 million RMB in investable capital — the starting point of perpetual financial freedom.
W₁ (~300M RMB)
The wealth magnitude achieved through "How to Reach the Shore." Requires special opportunity and mindset; no universal path exists.
WH (~7B+ RMB)
The wealth magnitude achieved by the elite through "making things happen." The non-elite cannot reach this level.
Axiom Zero: Humanity Has a Future
The foundational axiom of 5hows. Believe it or not — it cannot be proven. All deductions in this work are built upon this axiom.
Causally True Proposition
Not a strictly true proposition, but highly likely to be causally true. Most narratives in 5hows fall into this category. Distinct from strictly true propositions.
Geometric Writing
Unfolds in Euclidean geometric structure — axioms first, then theorems, then corollaries. 5hows follows this logical structure as much as possible.
Learning Curve
The elite are only responsible for their own learning curve. If the curve is steep enough, and The Passion intersects with world demand, excellence cannot be hidden.
Dream Captain
The golden standard for judging the scale of an endeavor: you are in the #1 position and have attracted n Dream Captains. The more Dream Captains, the more exponentially valuable the venture.
GRw=20% (Investment Ceiling)
Wealth management has a ceiling return rate of about 20%. This comes from the world's demand limit for "money" itself. The elite are not bound by this constraint.
Timeline
Creation History
5hows Writing Completed
Written in April 2025 (2504)
Main Series Batch Release
How to Manage Wealth, How to Maintain Position, How to Make Things Happen, How to Predict the Future, and How to Anything — all released on the same day.
"How to Truly Live" Published
Prologue chapter — the development paths for both the elite and non-elite tracks.
"How to Anything 2026 Edition" Started
Spring thunder rolls — fruit falls from the tree, a new chapter begins.
"If a proposition is not strictly true but highly likely to be causally true, this work tends to disclose rather than conceal. The author seeks no fame or profit from this work and does not want to reduce its dissemination value by demanding perfection."