At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the red-top businessman "Hu Xueyan", when he passed away from bankruptcy, he left a warning note: Don’t get close to the white tiger
Many people will be puzzled, what does the four words don’t get close to the white tiger mean? ?
Calm heart, explain the exact meaning of these four words by Hu Xueyan.
To understand why Hu Xueyan said these words, as a last word, we must understand Hu Xueyan's life experience.
Briefly talk about Hu Xueyan: his real name is Guangyong, the word is Xueyan, from Jixi, Anhui Province, and he moved to Hangzhou at the age of 13. He was a famous representative of Huizhou merchants in the late Qing Dynasty and known as the red-top businessman.
In history, in the eleventh year of Xianfeng in the late Qing Dynasty, due to the Taiping Army’s attack on Hangzhou at that time, Hu Xueyan dared to step forward to transport arms, grain and grass for the Hunan Army in Shanghai. Due to this transportation of supplies, Zuo Zongtang saw him. He became the right-hand man of the father, and was later awarded the second rank by the Qing court, and he was rewarded for wearing a yellow mantle.
In the 9th year of Guangxu, there was an economic crisis without Zuo Zongtang's support, which caused financial problems, and because of being squeezed out by foreign businessmen, Hu Xueyan was finally dismissed to check his family property and died in depression.
We see his life, know how to seize the opportunity, at the same time have a certain business talent, and also take the national responsibility as his own responsibility. It can be said that a person worthy of a book in modern history, it is a pity that Hu Xueyan This approach could not be against the general trend of history. In the end, the family was destroyed and the people died in depression. That's why the phrase "Don't get close to the white tiger" was left.
I have always emphasized that one must look at the essence of history when looking at history.
Before the death of the ancient literati, he also likes to say some terms, raise warnings, make comments, and let future generations descendants. We are vigilant, but because of the passing of these people, the meanings of these people have different opinions from different families, but if you look at the nature of human nature, you may understand the meaning.
First of all: We know that Hu Xueyan has gone from wealth to loneliness, and finally ended in depression. He will definitely see through the warm and cold of human relationships, and see through the fame and fortune that people have pursued in a lifetime. It is simply a tower in the sky. , Jinghuashuiyue, and the meaning of Baihu is money, think about it, what about the accumulation of a lifetime to become a wealthy, it is not the same lonely ending, which reminds him of various past characters, and finally realized that money is actually too much for people. It doesn't make sense. If you can choose, I think he prefers to retreat from the rapids and live a life of ordinary people.
Secondly: Women, the ancients said, food and sex are also good, in ancient times rich people would raise a lot of women, of course we don’t know if we have ever married the feudal superstition, "white tiger" Women of this kind of Kerf, marrying these women according to folklore, will bring bad luck to men. However, in ancient times, there were a lot of wealthy people and high-ranking officials. As for women, there were already a lot of women. Hu Xueyan also had a lot of wives. Of course, this made him go bankrupt and discovered that no matter how many women, he can stay with him. How many are there? This should be his thoughts after loneliness, and it is also the meaning of reminding everyone to avoid female sex.
Finally: I don’t touch officialdom less. As a red-top businessman, he started in officialdom and fell in officialdom. After bankruptcy, he saw through the officialdom, knew the stakes of officialdom, and summed up with his own experience. Want to warn children and grandchildren not to enter officialdom.
In the theory of the Five Elements in China, the West belongs to white, the West belongs to gold, and gold also belongs to profit, and the white tiger is a beast of the West. You can think about it. Hu Xueyan has another meaning, don’t believe in Westerners Of course, this is a guess, but it should have some meaning.
Do you think there is anything else?
