Tinh than tu luc (tieng Anh: Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct) la cuon sach do Samuel Smiles xuat ban vao nam 1859. An ban thu hai cua cuon sach vao nam 1866 đa bo sung them Perseverance vao phu đe. Tac pham đuoc menh danh la "kinh thanh cua chu nghia tu do giua thoi Victoria".


Noi dung Smiles khong qua thanh cong trong su nghiep bac si va nha bao. Ong tham gia mot so lien doanh hop tac, nhung ho lun bai vi thieu von. Vo mong, ong quay lung lai voi chu nghia khong tuong cua tang lop trung luu, roi cuoi cung tim thay noi nuong nau tri tue va danh tieng quoc gia trong su co lap cua tu luc. Ong đe cao nhung đuc tinh tu luc, can cu va kien tri. Tuy nhien, ong bac bo viec ap dung laissez-faire vao cac linh vuc quan trong nhu y te cong cong va giao duc. Theo nhan đinh cua nha su hoc Asa Briggs:

Tu luc la mot trong nhung đuc tinh đuoc yeu thich giua thoi Victoria. Dua vao ban than đuoc uu tien hon ve mat đao đuc—va kinh te—thay vi phu thuoc vao nguoi khac. Đo la mot bieu hien cua tinh cach ngay ca khi no khong ton tai lau dai... Nguoi ta nhan đinh rang su phat trien tien bo cua xa hoi sau cung khong phu thuoc vao hanh đong tap the hay luat phap cua quoc hoi ma phu thuoc vao su pho bien cua ren luyen tu luc.
Smiles xay dung lap luan cua minh bang cach su dung ba khai niem tu thoi ky Khai sang o the ky 18. Khai niem ve moi truong quyet đinh luan lam nay sinh thanh phan "thu đong" trong suy nghi cua ong. Đieu đo cho phep ong tranh luan ve viec loai bo (bang su can thiep cua chinh phu) nhung tro ngai lon ngan can su phat trien toan dien cua ca nhan. Đe tai thu hai la tri tue cua mot nguoi se truong thanh sau cung. Tu đay ong đe cao vai tro “chu đong”, đe cao tu giao duc va tu luc. Cuoi cung, ong cho rang co ton tai mot loai trat tu tu nhien co loi.


= Noi dung an ban thu hai =


Đon nhan Tinh than tu luc đa ban đuoc 20.000 ban trong vong mot nam sau khi xuat ban. Vao thoi điem Smiles qua đoi vao nam 1904, cuon đa tieu thu hon mot phan tu trieu ban. Tinh than tu luc "đa nang [Smiles] len vi the nguoi noi tieng: gan nhu chi sau mot đem, ong đa tro thanh mot chuyen gia hang đau va bac thay đuoc nhieu nguoi tu van". Cuon sach đa đuoc dich va xuat ban bang tieng Ha Lan, tieng Phap, tieng Đan Mach, tieng Đuc, tieng Y, tieng Nga, tieng Nhat, tieng A Rap, tieng Tho Nhi Ky, tieng Viet va mot so ngon ngu cua An Đo. Trong loi tua cho cuon sach Duty vao nam 1880, Smiles đa viet ve Tinh than tu luc, "O My, cuon sach đa đuoc xuat ban va đon đoc đong đao hon o Anh".
Ba cuon tieu thuyet giao huan danh cho thanh thieu nien do tac gia nguoi Anh G. A. Henty xuat ban vao thap nien 1880 cho thay anh huong cua Smiles. Moi cuon la mot phep giai thich ve triet ly tu luc nhu Smiles đa trinh bay.
Khi mot du khach nguoi Anh đen cung đien cua Khedive o Ai Cap va hoi nguon goc cua nhung khau hieu tren tuong cua cung đien, anh ta đa nhan đuoc cau tra loi: "Chung chu yeu đen tu Smeelis, ban nen biet Smeelis! Chung la tu Tinh than tu luc cua ong ay; chung hay hon nhieu so voi cac van ban tu kinh Koran!"
Robert Tressell, mot nguoi theo chu nghia xa hoi, trong cuon tieu thuyet The Ragged Troused Philanthropists cho biet Tinh than tu luc la mot cuon sach "thich hop cho nhung đoc gia gan nhu bi mat het chuc nang tinh than".
Nguoi sang lap Toyota, ong Toyoda Sakichi đa chiu anh huong đang ke boi viec đoc cuon Tinh than tu luc cua Smiles. Mot ban sao cua Tinh than tu luc nam duoi mot hop kinh tai bao tang tai noi sinh cua ong.
Nha hoat đong chu nghia xa hoi Robert Blatchford chia se đay la "mot trong nhung cuon sach thu vi va tiep them sinh luc ma toi rat may man đuoc tiep xuc" va cho rang no nen đuoc day o truong hoc. Tuy nhien, ong cung luu y rang nhung nguoi theo chu nghia xa hoi se khong cam thay thoai mai voi chu nghia ca nhan cua Smiles nhung cung luu y rang Smiles đa to cao "su ton tho quyen luc, giau co, thanh cong va giu si dien".  Mot nha lanh đao lao đong đa khuyen Blatchford tranh xa no: "Đo la mot cuon sach tan bao; no nen bi đot chay boi ke treo co thong thuong. Smiles la nguoi Philistine tinh hoa, va cuon sach cua ong ta sung bai su ton trong, tinh tu phu va ich ky". Tuy nhien, Jonathan Rose luan đinh rang hau het cac nha lanh đao lao đong truoc nam 1914 binh luan ve Tinh than tu luc đeu ca ngoi no va mai đen sau The chien thu nhat, nhung loi chi trich Smiles trong hoi ky cua cong nhan moi xuat hien. Cac nghi si Cong Đang William Johnson va Thomas Summerbell nguong mo tac pham cua Smiles va lanh đao tho mo cong san A. J. Cok "khoi nghiep voi Tinh than tu luc". Alexander Tyrell (1970) nhan đinh rang co nhieu he thong gia tri trong tang lop trung luu, va phuong phap Smiles la mot trong so đo.


Chu thich Đoc them Asa Briggs, "Samuel Smiles: The Gospel of Self-Help." History Today (thang 5 nam 1987) 37#5 trang 37–43.
Asa Briggs, "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" trong Asa Briggs, Victorian People (1955) trang 116–139, truc tuyen
Asa Briggs, 'A Centenary Introduction' to Self-Help cua Samuel Smiles (London: John Murray, 1958).
Tom Butler-Bowdon, Self-Help cua Samuel Smiles, trong 50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life (London: Nicholas Brealey, 2003).
Christopher Clausen, "How to Join the Middle Classes with the Help of Dr. Smiles and Mrs. Beeton", American Scholar, 62 (1993), pp. 403–18. truc tuyen
Kenneth Fielden, 'Samuel Smiles and Self-Help', Victorian Studies, 12 (1968), pp. 155–76.
Lord Harris of High Cross, 'Loi noi đau', Tu luc (Civitas: Vien nghien cuu xa hoi dan su, 1996).
Sir Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 (London: Weidenfeld va Nicolson, 1975).
Ngai Keith Joseph, 'Foreword', Self-Help (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986).
RJ Morris, "Samuel Smiles and the Genesis of 'Self-Help'", Historical Journal, 24 (1981), pp. 89–109. truc tuyen
Jeffrey Richards, "Spreading the Gospel of Self-Help: G. A. Henty and Samuel Smiles", Journal of Popular Culture, 16 (1982), pp. 52–65.
Tim Travers, "Samuel Smiles and the Origins of 'Self-Help': Reform and the New Enlightenment", Albion, 9 (1977), pp. 161–87. truc tuyen
Tim Travers, "Samuel Smiles and the Pursuit of Success in Victorian Britain," Canadian Historical Association Historical Papers (1971) trang 154–168.
Alexander Tyrrell, "Class Consciousness in Early Victorian Britain: Samuel Smiles, Leeds Politics, and the Self-Help Creed." Journal of British Studies 9.2 (1970): 102-125. truc tuyen


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