"Memoirs at Seventy" is a recollection of the life of Taiwanese industrial giant, Mr. Hsiu-Chi Wu, and his life-long entrepreneurial achievements, as well as the resulting trajectory of Taiwan`s economic development. Mr. Wu`s business philosophy is a model of success and "Memoirs at Seventy" is a letter to future generations of entrepreneurship.

Mr. Hsiu-Chi Wu was born to a poor peasant family in the Beimen area of Tainan, Taiwan. He went out to find his first job just after he graduated from elementary school, and worked as an apprentice in the textile industry. After working his way up the ladder, Mr. Wu established the Tainan Textiles in 1955. He served as the general manager for 20 years, and it was his accomplishments in the industry that laid the foundation for the "Tainan Gang" enterprise group.

TRANSLATOR`S PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
CHILDHOOD
HOMETOWN - "WHERE RAVENS DESCEND ON THE PL AIN"
2. MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
3. ADOPTION OF TSUN-HSIEN BY THIRD UNCLE IN 1915
GRANDFATHER - A MAN WHOSE WORDS COUNTED
5. MY GRANDMOTHER
UNCLE SAN-LIEN
CHAPTER 2
SCHOOL DAVS
1. CHUNG-CHOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2. WORKING PART TIME
3. MY SEVERE ILLNESS
4. ABSTINENCE FROM GAMBLING
5. A FAVOR NOT YET RETURNED
6. THE HOU`S ADOPTION OF SU-0
7. MY PUNISHEMNT
8. THE LITTLE SCRIBE
9. CHRISTENING MY SISTER
10. GIFTS OF PIGEONS
11. THE BAMBOO BANK
12. THE CRICKET AND ITS BURIAL
13. THE FIRST LONG TRIP
14. NINTH UNCLE`S WEDDING
15. POVERTY BIG AND SMALL
CHAPTER 3
A PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP
1. EDUCATION DISCONTINUED
2. THE CAKESHOP APPRENTICE
3. THE CLOTHSHOP APPRENTICE
4. DEEP GRATITUDE FINDS NO EXPRESSION
5. THE FIRST SUCCESS IN MY JOB
6. MR. CHANG HSIANG
7. CENTER PIECE AND FLANKING COUPLETS�
8. MY FATHER`S LIFE INSURANCE
9. THE FLEETING TIME
10. A LYRlc
11. SIRE AND MENTOR
12. MR. TAI HUEl-HUANG
13. ANOTHER ENCOURAGEMENT
14. THE JOY OF SERVING A WISE BOSS
15. SICK FROM OVERWORK
16. PURCHASING WITH THE BOSS IN JAPAN
17. FIRST SERVICE AS BOOKKEEPER
18. SUNDRY MATTERS
19. MORE MATTERS
20. MY MARRIAGE
21. A JOB FOR CHUN-CHIEH

CHAPTER 4
A RERIOD OF EXPLORATION AND STRUGGLE
1. SETTING UP A FIRM
2. THE UNFORGETTABLE GRACE OF THE HOUS
3. TRIUMPH FROM THE OUTSET
4. ALCOHOLIC ABSTINENCE
5. EXPANSION
6. ATTORNEY SHEN JUNG
7. CHIN-PAO-CHUN INCIDENT
8. THE RECOVERY
9. GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES
10. THE SAVINGS GOOPERATIVE
11. EXPEDITIONS TO JAPAN
12. DR. HO REI-LIN
13. BODIES ARTER A VICTORy
14. WAR AND WEALTH
15. MR. HOU TIAO
16. KAZUDA TOSHIUEMON
17. DOING GOOD IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE
18. IMPRISONMENT
19. BRAVING THE WAVES
20. DELEGATED DISTRIBUTOR
CHAPTER 5
A PERIOD OF WARTIME SURVIVAL
1. WARTIME EXIGENCIES
2. A GOVERNMENT POST, TENTATIVELY
3. DISPERSAL
4. HOMAGE TO THE MARTIAL SAINT
5. ABSTENTION FROM BEEF AND DOG MEAT
6. PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND LONGEVITY
7. AMERICAN AIR RAID
8. FORTNIGHT FEVER
9. RESTORATION OF TAIWAN
10. A REVIEW OF MY LIFE
11. SAME FOOD NOURISHING VARIED PEOPLE
12. STARTING ANEW FROM SCRATCH
13. AN UNEXPECTED CAPITAL
CHAPTER6
A PERIOD OF STRIVING IN ILLNEss
1. A VERITABLE BATTLEFIELD
2. THE LAUDABLE HONEST MAN
3. HSIN-HO-HSING AGAIN
4. TWENTY LONG HOURS PER DAY
5. GOOD RESULTS FROM GOOD CAUSES
6. THE GREAT MIRACLE
7. SAN-HSING-HANG, TAIPEI
8. SAN-HSING-HANG, SHANGHA1
9. CHINA CHANGES COLOR
10. ASSEMBLYMAN WU SAN-LIEN
11. THE FIRM IS LIQUIDATED
12. MY PARENTS LOST
13. REMEMBRANCES
14. PATRIMONY DIVIDED
CHAPTER
7 A PERIOD OF RETIREMENT AND CONVALESCENCE
1. RELAXATION
2. GOING DIFFERENT WAYS
3. SAN-HSING WEAVING
4. HOW I BECAME A BUDDHIST
5. A SHADY WILLOW
6. THE RETIREE RESTARTS
CHAPTER 8
TWENTY YRARS WITH TAINAN TEXTILE
1. INITIAL DIFFICULTIES
2. MR. WU SAN-LIEN`S GREAT CONTRIBUTION
3. FOUNDATION OF NO DEFEAT
4. TRADEMARKS
5. NEW TITLES
6. INVESTMENT IN KUN-CHING
7. THREE SHIFTS
8. UNIVERSAL CEMENT
9. SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT
10. MR. LI KUO-TING
11. JEN-TE, YUNG-KANG, AND TAINAN CITY
12. DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION SUBSIDIZING EXPORT
13. MR. YING CHUNG-JUNG, A MAN MOST OPEN TO ADVICE
14. FOSTERING THE SUPERIOR
15. NEVER GIVING up
16. A THROUGH HIGHWAY
17. MANAGER OF HONOR
18. HONORED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
19. DIRECT AND INDIRECT SALES: PRINCE KHAKI
20. BESTOWING THE TITLE

CHAPTER 9
IN SEMI-RETIREMENT
1. PERCIPITATION
2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD
3. PRODUCTION AND EDUCATION WORKING TOGETHER
4. ANCESTRAL TEMPLE
5. VIRTUE IS HARDER THAN WORK
6. FUNG`S PRESCRIPTIONS
7. FIRST TRIP ABROAD FOR PLEASURE
8. THE EXCHANGE RATE
9. EXTERNAL MEDICAL EXERCISE
10. SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
11. THE KIOSKS
12. CHEN-AN TEMPLE
13. THE MEDAL
14. TOUR OF EUROPE
15. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HSIN-HO-HSING PUNCTUALITY

CHAPTER 10
RELATED ENTERPRISES
1. PRESIDENT ENTERPRISE CO
2. PRINCE FIBER
3. COCO ENTERPRISE
4. PRINCE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
5. NANTEX CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY
TRAILS IN SILHOUETTES