Lin Zexu: "If my descendants are like me, they will do nothing with their money. If they are wise and rich, they will harm their aspirations; if their descendants are not as good as me, they will do nothing with their money. If they are foolish and rich, their faults will be aggravated."

If my descendants are as outstanding as me, then I don’t need to leave money to them. If a virtuous person has too much money, it will kill his fighting spirit; if his descendants are mediocre, then I don’t have to leave money to them. It is necessary to leave money for him. Having too much money while being stupid will increase his faults.

It turns out that if a virtuous person has a lot of money, his ambition will be harmed, and if a fool has a lot of wealth, it will benefit his fault. ——Northern Song Dynasty·Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian·Volume 25·Han Chronicles 17·Yuan Kang Three Years of Emperor Xuan"

Annotation Translation: For virtuous people, too much property will damage their will; For foolish people, having too much property will increase their faults.