In troubled times, prices have soared, and gold is easy to carry and hard currency, which is easy to keep.
Antique collections are difficult to keep, and many of them are orphans. After it was destroyed, it was gone and it was not well protected.
In troubled times, many people would rather exchange their collections for hard currency such as gold in advance. In the peaceful and prosperous times, with the development of economy and society, the collection will appreciate, so there is room for preservation and appreciation of the collection in the prosperous times.
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Storing antiques in prosperous times and buying gold in troubled times is about the coping strategies of the world to generate wealth and preserve value, which is easy to understand and concise. After thousands of years of prosperity and chaos, it can be passed down to this day, which itself shows that people agree with this statement in practice.
The rotation between prosperous times and troubled times is only the normal state of the world. This proverb only tells people how to maintain and increase their own interests under the normal state of the world.
Everything has a cycle of existence and destruction, and there will be an abnormal time when human society comes to an end. Just as the above proverb only says prosperous times and troubled times, in fact, a complete proverb should also have a key last sentence: eschatological practice.
In fact, there are three ancient doctrines to preserve the value of life: hiding antiques in prosperous times, buying gold in troubled times, and practicing in the last days.