Liaofan’s Four Lessons was written in the late Ming Dynasty under the context of a restless social background and the family environment of author Yuan Liaofan. The book consists of four chapters: "Learning to Create Destiny""Ways to Reform""The Way to Cultivate Kindness" and "The Benefit of the Virtue of Humility". It mainly conveys the thought of "self-determined destiny", advocates the idea of mastering the destiny with virtue cultivation, emphasizes the role of subjective initiative, and carries a profound effect of enlightenment. As a book of self-cultivation, the contemporary value of Liaofan’s Four Lessons in modern times is mainly reflected in the following four aspects: 1) it is helpful to exploring the cultural connotation of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and to carrying forward the traditional Chinese virtues; 2) it is helpful to complying with the value orientation of striving upward and improving personal character; 3) it is helpful to promoting harmonious family relations and enhancing family virtues; 4) it is helpful to forming a harmonious and stable social environment and steering the social morality.