Chapter 122 Rich but not kind must be rich but not strong

This is a magical time.In the past, he was still a farmer with "face to the loess and back to the sky", but now he is a wealthy individual owner. This is a magical time.Yesterday, he was a laid-off worker with no security, but today he is a "little boss" with a few pennies. In today's world where people's minds are rich and people's hearts are getting rich, everyone has a beautiful dream of "getting rich". Rich, some people do have rich. However, after they are rich, they still face such an embarrassing reality. Behind the "becoming rich and then poor", the dirt brought about by the lag of wealth, morality and culture, which is contrary to the trend of the times, is polluting our environment.

Here, when we talk about the "poor" of the rich, we mean that the rich are "rich but not kind." History has proved that "rich but not kind" must be "rich but not strong". One of the manifestations of "rich but not kind" is "rich but not virtuous". "Virtue" is a kind of restraint after the general trend, "morality" is a kind of frugality after great wealth, and a kind of low-key after great nobility.That is to say, "virtue" expresses a kind of simple reverence for nature dominated by the spiritual concept of "taking heaven as the sect and Tao as the gate"; , the "universal philosophy" advocated by the "harmonious values" with the core of "righteousness as reason, propriety as action, and happiness as harmony".

From today's view of wealth, we believe that frugality is of course a virtue, but being rich is not a sin, because many noble behaviors are often supported by money. All in all, we believe that whether a person is frugal or rich, the key is to have a noble personality and conduct, and to be a cultivated person. "We are not worried that China will not be able to catch up with the United States. What we are worried about is that the Chinese will not be able to learn how to be a good rich man; to be a poor man is enough to have backbone, but to be a rich man requires great wisdom and great wisdom. A benevolent soul." This is a "dangerous statement" made by a sociologist in response to the "wealth view" that Chinese people have yet to "revise".

This expert believes that the more wealth a person has, the heavier the social responsibility he shoulders, which requires him to cultivate his own morality and character, and to constantly surpass himself and improve himself. Another manifestation of "rich but not kind" is "rich but not noble". "The two words rich and honor are not linked together. This sentence may offend people, but in fact there are many people who are 'rich but not expensive'." This is what Li Ka-shing, the "richest man in China," said in an exclusive interview with CCTV not long ago.

He believes that the criterion for measuring wealth lies in "inner wealth".The real "wealth" is to know how to use one's own wealth to fulfill some obligations and responsibilities for the society in which one lives. There is a saying, "The rich are easy to get, but the nobles are hard to find." In life, it may not be so difficult for us to earn a few money to become a rich man, but it is not so easy to improve our inner quality and become a spiritual nobleman. It’s hard to get back, but we must remember that “being rich but not expensive” is a terrible thing, just like a Western proverb says: “It’s harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to get through the eye of a needle.”

This is because society seems to have stricter spiritual and moral requirements for the rich than for the poor. We can be sure that low-quality people who rely on "abnormal means" to get rich will not be respected by others, and they will not have real happiness and happiness. People who are so rich but not noble, who are rich and unkind, can be sure that the wealth they have accumulated will soon be dissipated, and even bring disasters to them. To be rich but not loving is to be rich but not strong. This is the truth.