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

Original text: "If my descendants are like me, what will they do with their money? If a virtuous man is rich, his wealth will harm his ambition; if his descendants are not as good as mine, what will he do with the money? Being foolish and having too much wealth will increase your faults. ”

Translation: If the 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 the descendants are mediocre, then, There is no need for me to leave money to him. Being stupid but having too much money will increase his faults.

Lin Zexu (August 30, 1785 - November 22, 1850), Marquis of Fujian Province. (today's Fuzhou City), with the courtesy name Yuanfu, also known as Shaomu and Shilin, and his late names include Qicun Lao Lao, Qi Cun Retired Old Man, Seventy-two Peak Retired Old Man, Pingquan Jushi, Lishe Sanren, etc., during the Qing Dynasty A statesman, thinker and poet, he was a first-rank official. He served as governor of Huguang, Shaanxi-Gansu and Yunnan-Guizhou, and was appointed imperial envoy twice. Because of his advocacy of strictly banning opium, he was known as a "national hero" in China.

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