Explanation: If future generations are as honest as me, why should I leave him money? He's already smart. I left him money and property, which actually damaged his will to struggle. My children and grandchildren are not as good as me. Leaving money to him will make him relax, hate work and live in the open space. The more money you save, the more you run amok and make more mistakes.
Extended data:
As a politician and thinker in modern China, Lin Zexu taught his children loyalty, filial piety, kindness, indifference and diligence.
Lin Zexu warned future generations to be sensible, to know how to advance and retreat, to be ambitious, not to calculate for their own families, but to serve the country and society. If you advance, you will know how to retreat, if you retreat, you will know how to advance, and if you keep the heart of retreat, you can make the most courageous plan. Do not work hard for self-interest, do not linger for power, and do not retreat for personal grievances (gains and losses).
Lin Zexu's famous saying:
1, opium is poisonous and harmful, and the law should be strict. If we still ignore it, it will make the Central Plains bloodless and have no money to pay after decades.
2. If the opium is not exhausted for a day, this minister will not return for a day and swear to be with this matter forever.
3. There are ancient buddhas in the pavilion, chanting in ten dynasties. Rushing down the mountain spring and ringing the bell, Yanyun autumn scenery sounds.
It's not cheap to have both. It is better to sit cross-legged and draw a lottery than to feel a woman's superiority.
5. If children and grandchildren are like me, what do they want money for? Being virtuous and having more money will hurt their aspirations. My children and grandchildren are not as good as me. What do you do with money? Stupid people get more money and their interests increase.
6, all rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance; The wall stands a thousand miles, and it is just without desire.
7. It is selfish for every cloud has a silver lining to avoid life and death in the country.