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If my descendants were like me, what would they do with the money?

"If my descendants are like me, what will I do with the money? If my descendants are not as good as me, what will I do with the money?" comes from a famous saying by Lin Zexu.

Original text: "If your descendants are like me, what will you do with money? If you are wise and rich, wealth will harm your aspirations; if your descendants are not as good as me, what will you keep money for? If you are foolish and rich, it will increase your faults."

Translation: If my descendants are as outstanding as me, then there is no need for me 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 There is no need to leave money to him. Having too much money while being stupid will increase his faults.

Lin Zexu (August 30, 1785-November 22, 1850), a native of Houguan, Fujian Province (now Fuzhou City), was given the courtesy name Yuanfu, also named Shaomu and Shilin, and his late name was The old man of Qicun, the retired old man of Qicun, the retired old man of Seventy-two Peaks, the layman of Pingquan, the Sanren of Lishe, etc. were politicians, thinkers and poets in the Qing Dynasty. They reached the first rank and served as governor of Huguang, Shaanxi-Gansu and Yunnan-Guizhou. The governor-general was twice appointed as an imperial envoy; because of his advocacy of strictly prohibiting opium, he was known as a "national hero" in China.