the word wealth always reminds people of money and the sayings or concepts related to money. for example, “money talks”; “money makes the ghosts turn the mill”; “as birds die for food, so men die for wealth”; “the poor have no friends even though they live in the noisy downtown, while the rich have remote kinsfolk even if they live in the deep mountains”; “poverty chills ambition” “one cent short may put a hero in an awkward situation” etc, etc..
in the 1980’ s, all shops were state-owned with marked prices. you couldn’t buy what you wanted with even one cent short, so one cent could indeed embarrass a hero. a popular song at that time started “i picked up one cent at the roadside, and i handed it over to the policeman…” but now no one cares to pick it up even if it were ten cents.
people’s reverence for money is expressed in varied ways. the names of companies or stores are often “beer of wealth and honor”, “restaurant of wealth and rank” “store of the aristocrats” “hotel of fame and prestige” etc. (even some people’s names have the meanings of “full of gold” or “great fortune”). at new year’s time, the god of wealth is worshiped and the picture of the god is covered with signs of money. when a millionaire is walking in the street, people will show their profound re
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spect even though they know very well that they can not get a cent from him. the english film “the million-pound note” makes a most vivid revelation of this situation. with the million pound note in hand, the hero has the privilege to buy on credit, or on loan and is even presented money from others. it’s an idealized end of the story that the hero is still loved by his girl friend even after he lost his million-pound note. however, without the million-pound note, they couldn’t have known each other. it’s very difficult for people to make friends directly with beggars.
the song of “all good things must end” in a dream of the red mansions attacks the money worshipers by saying:
“all men long to be immortals
yet silver and gold they prize
and grub for money all their lives
till death seals up their eyes”
but when chen shih-yin tries to expound this song by analyzing the inconstancy of human relationships and the incomprehensible human heart, he has to say:
“while men with gold and silver by the chest
turn beggars, scorned by all and dispossessed”
the conclusion is that it doesn’t work without money.
in spite of the human civilizations over thousands of years, people can not deny the function of money. this shows how import
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ant money is. money plays a decisive role to individuals, to families and even to countries or nationalities. otherwise, why is everyone, from doorkeepers to presidents, trying to earn as much as possible? why does every country need chancellors of the exchequer, who keep formulating and revising financial laws and regulations? how different it is to be a creditor nation and a debtor nation! the united states is playing the tyrant just because it is wealthy enough. a poor man may cherish lofty aspirations, but will probably be beaten because of his poverty. the afghanistan may have won a lot of sympathy, but how difficult it would be to live solely on charity.
of all ages and in every country, all kinds of corruption stem from money. no matter how rough the man is, and in what despicable way he earned the money, he can grease the palms of or buy over some very decent officials or even intellectuals. can you see how crucial a role money is playing? (a case in point is the bankrupt of the company)
some people or organizations like some religious groups claim that they have seen through the human vanity and can take money lightly, but to people’s puzzlement, they are also accumulating money, either to renovate the temples, or to regild buddha’s statues, in whatever prete
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xts. they are not engaged in production, so they can only depend on the donations from the devout believers. sometimes your sincerity relies on whether you donate and how much you donate. do the monks care about money? the answer is affirmative. what’s more, many monks are already provided with a salary.
we are living in a material world, and it’s really difficult to deny the function of money or wealth. we need money for food, clothes, education, hospital, housing and transportation, etc. there’s rarely anything that doesn’t need money. what we can discuss now is not the importance of money, but whether money is almighty and whether more wealth can bring us more happiness.
we must say that money is not almighty, and there are many things which money can’t do. for example, many emperors like qin shihuang longed for elixirs. as wealthy as they were, and as mighty as they were to take every measure to search for long life medicine, they still could not avoid the sad denouement that “their graves are a covered with weeds”.
many great men suffered from fatal illness. even though they were treated with the best medical means, they had to suffer as much as the ordinary people, and met with the same inescapable fate. rich or poor, great or ordinary, we come and go with
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nothing belonging to us.
huang shiren, the cruel hearted landlord, was rich but xi’er would rather hid in the deep mountains and turn into a white-hired girl than marrying him;
wang baochuan wouldn’t give up her marriage with xue pinggui even though she had to live in the cold cave for over ten years;
emperor shunzhi of the qing dynasty owned the whole country, but just because of the death his beloved concubine, he eventually became disillusioned with this world and spent the rest of life in the temple as a monk (it’s all right even if it is a legend).
many love stories can never be bought with money. the ever-lasting folktale of liang shanbo and zhu yingtai shows people’s identification with this point of view.
wealthy men also have a lot of worries: afraid of being stolen or kidnapped, they may have to hire a bodyguard; they’re concerned about their spoiling the children, or worry about the family discord because of the legacy disputes after their death; fearing devaluation if they don’t invest, while fearing of bankrupt if they invest; where is their happiness?
how much is enough? no limitation. as poor as beggars without a penny, they can make a living by begging. it’s said that some have become millionaires through begging. as wealthy as
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黄怒波励志演讲稿：苦难是一种财富（开讲啦第15期）
同学们好：我们都有一个自己的过去，而且我们这代人的过去跟你们不一样，你们没有吃过苦，不会理解今天站在这儿这个人这么矫情，但是因为今天我在你们的眼里边算是有钱，有地位，有话语权的人，所以我有资格讲我的过去，讲我的苦难，因为那是一代人的记忆，因为是我的苦难,是我的财富。
我想给大家念一首诗，我原来的名不叫黄怒波，叫黄玉平，那天，印象很深刻，我骑自行车来到黄河边，很荒凉，一个人坐在黄河边你心里发渗，因为黄河太宽了，又没有声音，但是那个波浪不停地打堤岸。我想我这一辈子，我要像黄河的水一样，永远不怕挫折，那么就改名叫黄怒波。(诗)我的名叫黄玉平，然而一点也不太平。因为没日没夜地哭，家里人叫我丧门神。因为爱尿炕，我的屁股总是被打肿。黎明，母亲去拉土，在锅里留下两个洋芋，二哥总是抢先，把它们吃得一丝不剩。寒冬腊月，我的手脚冻裂，鼻涕很多，抹在袖子上又黑又亮，刀枪不入。上小学，我是班里想当然的贼，谁丢东西，老师都会翻我的书包。同学们打队鼓，我羡慕地偷偷哭，没戴过红领巾，是我心头永远的痛。
这个诗非常沉重，但是每一句都是真的。我小的时候，我父亲脾气又直，他每天装病，攒一点儿药，三个月后一吃就死了，等我母亲收尸的时候，遍地是坟头，从此我的父亲就尸骨难收了。我头上有个很大的疤，我跟别人打架，如果把别人打了，别人的爸爸哥哥来就把我打一顿。我如果被人打了，回家再被我妈妈打一顿。我记得有一次跟一个孩子打架，我把人打了，他的爸爸来就把我抱着，这个印象很深刻，大概五六岁，叫那个孩子拿个石头一下就砸到我这，我当时就躺在地上，然后醒来回家又挨一顿打，因为我浑身是血。我印象最深的就是那时候特别饿，有一天我们家的门口，大街上很脏，小城，有这么长一节的麻花，我看了两天，我最后决定把它捡起来吃，一咬，是小孩拉的粑粑，终身难忘。我印象最深刻的，邻居的爸爸是个厨子，我们最大的享受，每个星期他回来，拿一袋骨头往地上一倒，我们像狗一样抢，抢了干吗，因为骨头里边是骨髓，客人不会吃的，吃不进去，我们抢的那个时候，我们就砸它，砸的时候里面蛆就流出去，我们把蛆挑掉，那骨髓我到现在都忘不了，那个香味就这么一个童年过来的。你们现在可能一刮风一下雨，先想的是雨衣，想的是棉衣，我想的是什么知道吗，我先想现在是收麦子还是打场的时候。我记得有一年，我们辛苦了一年，当我们割了几天以后，把麦子全部割倒的时候，一场大雨来了，整整下了七天。我们每天在地里跟农民哭，为什么哭，麦子长在地里我们不能收起来，又把芽长出来了，一年白干了，那个心情，它第一意味着没有工分了，这个工分白挣，第二我们必须吃这个黏麦子。你们不知道麦子长芽以后是不能卖也不能给别人吃的。要给牲口吃舍不得，只有给我们自己吃，但这个麦子做的所有的东西都是黏的，所以那一年对我的印象太深刻，我这一辈子就是不会忘了这一幕，就知道每一滴粮食是怎么来的，所以你经历这么多以后，能够挽救我的就是读书。
我就两个世界，一个是很残忍的现实世界，一个是我很梦幻的书本的世界。后来就写诗，诗歌的世界里都是美好，我向往的是美好的东西，所以才有了今天的我。为什么一直写诗，后来我又那么辉煌，在中宣部，在北京上班。当年最大的梦想，看看北京天安门，但反过来总在想，难道我就这么活下去?我吃了那么多的苦，受了那么多的难，难道就是为了今天享受吗?我既然叫黄怒波了，我想起了怎么起的这名，我必须不要过这么安逸的生活，当时我已经是机关党委委员，做下去肯定局长，部长，肯定这个路，但我一定要出来，经商。经商是干什么，经商是进入了一个战场，就每天你必须像个狼一样，你首先得学会生存下来，就是挣着钱，当然既然你是要竞争，你要付出很多的代价，你从中宣部出来的，你变成商人的时候，你要丧失掉很多的尊严。有时候你得不要脸，这个“不要脸”不是骂人的。我记得很深刻，有些人一听看你是小企业，他眼睛都不看你。还有的外宾来了，他趾高气扬，那时候我们的外宾待遇极高，觉得你们这帮中国穷小子，西装都不会穿，他手都不跟你握，所以就带着耻辱，这么一路走过来。当然了，做企业要看怎么做，我很自豪的就是，在做企业的时候，我们首先做了一个事，保护了一个世界文化遗产宏村，从一个小破村子把它做成了世界文化遗产，它永远就会留下来，所以我就想，在企业做的过程当中，如果我们想着我们只是为了去创造，去创新，给社会做些别人想不到做不到的东西，这样做企业你的精神就是坚强的。什么叫百年企业，我做好一百年以后，这个宏村还在，一百年以后那个楼还在，一百年以后这个财富就归各个基金，归在北大，这个才是真正的企业家。
后来觉得企业做得不错了，驾轻就熟，没什么意思，挣钱不就这么回事吗，还得找点苦活干。干什么?跟王石一样登山。所以大概用了二十个月左右，就把七大洲的高峰，南极北极都去完了。在XX年的时候，上珠峰我以为很容易，但是在8700米的时候，因为各种各样的原因，我就失败了，很难受，上还是下，上了我看珠峰就在前面顶峰，我的队友正在过第二个台阶，但是上也可能我就活着回不来，这个时候做这个决定，下。后来下到了6500米一个台阶那，把冰爪一脱掉，我就放声大哭了一场，谁也不吭气，不劝我，等我哭够了我发誓，我说我一定要回来。然后我就在XX年，又回到了珠峰从南坡登顶。大家以为算了吧，你别再登了，都已经登顶了，但我不，我又在去年从北坡又回去登顶。他们说为什么你这么做，我说因为失败我再归来。到了顶峰就想哭，每次告诉自己千万别哭，千万别哭，别流泪，但是你会情不自禁地哭出来，但到后来不流泪，为什么，因为懂得了登顶是为了活着回来。成功是干什么，是为了让你存在下去，我把我每件事都做好，做好以后我不要让它败了，可以留给别人。
《在路上》，我承认这流浪的无辜早让我厌倦，这都市的天河早让我孤单，心有时痛苦有时平淡，迷失在街巷也会安然，走过的街灯去忘掉，然后再走，诅咒过的人去忘掉，然后再诅咒，敲响过的门去忘掉，然后再敲响，逃亡过的路去忘掉，然后再逃亡，没有人同行我也得流浪，没有了流浪，都市该怎样辉煌，一城的高楼怎样冰硬，一城的街巷怎样漫长，算了吧，反正我只有在路上。这个诗现在看了很矫情，为什么我小时候要受这么多的苦，苦难是人一生的一种财富，在你善待它的时候，你就打开了一扇通向未来的幸福之门，谢谢同学们。
江泽民在财富论坛上的演讲稿--英文语演讲稿
Ladies and gentlemen,On this splendid moonlit night in mid-autumn, as we gather in the beautiful city of Shanghai, located on the coast of the Eastern Sea, let me, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, extend a warm welcome to the friends who have come to take part in the '99 Fortune Global Forum, which is sponsored by Time-Warner Group Inc.
This forum's theme is "China: the next 50 years." China is a large developing socialist country, and its future development will not only directly affect the future of the Chinese people, but will also have important impact on the development and progress of Asia and the world.
Over the past hundred-odd years, the Chinese people have gone through storm and stress, and in the course of vigorous struggle they have accomplished a great historic transformation. New China's 50 years of development have resulted in accomplishments that have astonished the world.
Only six years ago, in this Lujiazui District of Shanghai's Pudong area, where we are gathered this evening, there were only run-down houses and farms. Now it is a vibrant modern financial and business zone, full of highrise buildings. Over fifty years ago, I was in Shanghai attending university. At that time, I had a deep sense of the poverty, backwardness and feebleness of the old China. It was then that I decided to devote myself to the noble task of building an independent, free, democratic, unified, rich and powerful New China, and I have been struggling for that to this very day. Fourteen years ago, I became mayor of Shanghai and experienced the process of reform, opening-up and modernization in this, China's biggest city. I'm sure that all of you have seen with your own eyes the constant and unceasing transformation of Shanghai. The growth of Shanghai is one reflection of the enormous changes taking place in China.
In the first 50 years of the 20th century, the Chinese people made unflagging efforts to change the tragic fate that had been theirs ever since the Opium War. After arduous and valiant struggle, they finally ended their semi-colonial and semi-feudal history, won independence for the nation and freedom for the people, and founded the People's Republic of China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
In the latter half of the 20th century, relying on their own efforts, the Chinese people went all out to make their country strong, and began socialist construction. On the poor and deprived foundation of old China, they built a relatively complete industrial structure and national economic framework, raising the levels of their cultural and material lives significantly. China started marching forward steadily toward prosperity. Now, the Chinese people are confidently taking the road to the future, the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics pioneered by Comrade Deng Xiaoping. These historic initiatives of the Chinese people have fundamentally transformed the tragic fate of modern China, and they are also great contributions made by the Chinese
people to the cause of human progress.
At this moment in time, when we are about to step into the 21st century and look ahead at the prospects for the next 50 years, we are filled with confidence. The Chinese people will firmly and unswervingly follow the path of reform and opening-up. Our goal is to realize modernization by the middle of the coming century, to make our country a wealthy, strong, democratic and civilized modern socialist country, and to achieve the great revival of the
Chinese nation.
Here, I would like to speak to you about some basic values of the Chinese people. Without an understanding of these, it is difficult to make sense of present and future events in China.
The Chinese people have always respected the dignity and worth of human beings. The Communist Party of China led the people in revolution, construction and reform for the very purpose of realizing freedom, democracy and human rights for all the people of China. The great vitality displayed nowadays in China vividly demonstrates the tremendous space that the Chinese people have to freely and democratically exercise their creativity. China has a population of over 1.2 billion, but its social production is still not well developed, and we must first and foremost safeguard the people's rights to survival and development; otherwise we cannot even begin to talk about other rights. The fact that China has assured the rights to survival and development of over 1.2 billion people is a major contribution to the cause of the progress of human rights all over the world. The Chinese people advocate the close interlinking of collective human rights with individual human rights, of economic, social and cultural rights with citizens' political rights. This is the road we must take for the cause of promoting human rights in light of China's national conditions.
The Chinese people have always insisted on independence. They cherish the rights of independence that they have won over a long period of struggle, and they resolutely uphold the right of all people to enjoy these rights. We also believe that every country has the right to choose the social system, ideology, economic system and path of development that suit its national conditions. Countries with different social systems should respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity; they should treat each other as equals and coexist peacefully. We oppose any efforts by any country to impose its own social system and ideology on another country.
The Chinese people have always loved freedom and peace. The Chinese people have suffered greatly from wars and invasions in modern times, and they feel deeply how precious peace is. As it engages in modernization, China needs a peaceful international environment. We hope that all people will be able to live in a world without war and without violence. China carries out a foreign policy with peace as its goal, and resolutely opposes any acts that endanger world peace. China's development does not pose a threat to anyone, instead, it will only help to advance world peace, stability and development. It is the Chinese people's solemn promise to the world never to seek hegemony.
The Chinese people have always prized national unity. To safeguard the unity of the motherland is the firm aspiration of the entire Chinese people. Hong Kong has already returned to the motherland; Macao will return on December 20 this year. It is certain that the Taiwan question will eventually be resolved. No country will allow its own territory to be split off, nor will it allow any foreign force to create or support such a split. Our guideline for solving the Taiwan question is "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems." In resolving the Taiwan question, we will not undertake to renounce the use of force precisely for the purpose of bringing about a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan question. The Chinese people have both the determination and ability to achieve the complete reunification of their motherland. The series of recent severe earthquakes that occurred in the region of Taiwan weight heavily on the heart of everyone in China. I would like to take this opportunity to again express profound condolences to our compatriots in Taiwan who have suffered from the earthquakes.
The world is a colorful and varied one. The people of each country follow the path of development they have chosen for themselves and pursue their own ideals. This is an I inevitable demand and basic criterion for the progress of human civilization and world democracy. It is therefore an unstoppable tide of history. We believe that the different social systems that exist in the world and the dissimilarities in political beliefs should not be used as obstacles to the various kinds of normal economic and technological cooperation and exchange. All you business leaders tonight are outstanding achievers in your respective fields. You have a wealth of successful experiences and strategic vision. Set your eyes on China. China welcomes you. China's modernization
needs your participation, and China's economic development will also offer you tremendous opportunities. I hope that Chinese enterprises will learn from the advanced experiences of foreign enterprises. They must go out and temper themselves in the winds and storms of economic globalization, and build up their own competitiveness. The Chinese government will offer good terms to and create a better environment for foreign enterprises investing here.
China's development and that of other countries, the development of the South and that of the North in the world are all interlinked and complementary. They should step up exchanges and cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. The Chinese people hope to lead peaceful and happy lives, and also hope that the people of other countries will enjoy peaceful and happy lives. The people of all countries should strive hand in hand to overcome all the challenges to human survival, protect the ecological environment, narrow the gap between rich and poor, build a just and rational international economic order, and achieve common development and universal prosperity. The developed countries should assume more responsibilities in this regard, and the developing countries should constantly seek to do better for themselves.
The human race has reached another historic moment---the turn of a century and a change of millennium. The initiative lies in the hands of the people of each country. Let us make a joint effort for the noble cause of advancing peace and human progress! I strongly believe that China will have a better tomorrow and that the world will have a better tomorrow.
Thank you.
vibrant
a. 有活力的
unflagging
a.持续不断的
Opium War
n.鸦片战争
aspiration
n. 渴望，抱负
condolences
n.慰问
compatriots
n. 同胞
大学英语演讲稿：财富
the word wealth always reminds people of money and the sayings or concepts related to money. for example, “money talks”; “money makes the ghosts turn the mill”; “as birds die for food, so men die for wealth”; “the poor have no friends even though they live in the noisy downtown, while the rich have remote kinsfolk even if they live in the deep mountains”; “poverty chills ambition” “one cent short may put a hero in an awkward situation” etc, etcin the 1980' s, all shops were state-owned with marked prices. you couldn't buy what you wanted with even one cent short, so one cent could indeed embarrass a hero. a popular song at that time started “i picked up one cent at the roadside, and i handed it over to the policeman…” but now no one cares to pick it up even if it were ten cents.
people's reverence for money is expressed in varied ways. the names of companies or stores are often “beer of wealth and honor”, “restaurant of wealth and rank” “store of the aristocrats” “hotel of fame and prestige” etc. (even some people's names have the meanings of “full of gold” or “great fortune”)。 at new year's time, the god of wealth is worshiped and the picture of the god is covered with signs of money. when a millionaire is walking in the street, people will show their profound respect even though they know very well that they can not get a cent from him. the english film “the million-pound note” makes a most vivid revelation of this situation. with the million pound note in hand, the hero has the privilege to buy on credit, or on loan and is even presented money from others. it's an idealized end of the story that the hero is still loved by his girl friend even after he lost his million-pound note. however, without the million-pound note, they couldn't have known each other. it's very difficult for people to make friends directly with beggars.
the song of “all good things must end” in a dream of the red mansions attacks the money worshipers by saying:“all men long to be immortals yet silver and gold they prize and grub for money all their lives till death seals up their eyes”but when chen shih-yin tries to expound this song by analyzing the inconstancy of human relationships and the incomprehensible human heart, he has to say:“while men with gold and silver by the chest turn beggars, scorned by all and dispossessed”the conclusion is that it doesn't work without money.
in spite of the human civilizations over thousands of years, people can not deny the function of money. this shows how important money is. money plays a decisive role to individuals, to families and even to countries or nationalities. otherwise, why is everyone, from doorkeepers to presidents, trying to earn as much as possible? why does every country need chancellors of the exchequer, who keep formulating and revising financial laws and regulations? how different it is to be a creditor nation and a debtor nation! the united states is playing the tyrant just because it is wealthy enough. a poor man may cherish lofty aspirations, but will probably be beaten because of his poverty. the afghanistan may have won a lot of sympathy, but how difficult it would be to live solely on charity.
of all ages and in every country, all kinds of corruption stem from money. no matter how rough the man is, and in what despicable way he earned the money, he can grease the palms of or buy over some very decent officials or even intellectuals. can you see how crucial a role money is playing? (a case in point is the bankrupt of the company)
some people or organizations like some religious groups claim that they have seen through the human vanity and can take money lightly, but to people's puzzlement, they are also accumulating money, either to renovate the temples, or to regild buddha's statues, in whatever pretexts. they are not engaged in production, so they can only depend on the donations from the devout believers. sometimes your sincerity relies on whether you donate and how much you donate. do the monks care about money? the answer is affirmative. what's more, many monks are already provided with a salary.
we are living in a material world, and it's really difficult to deny the function of money or wealth. we need money for food, clothes, education, hospital, housing and transportation, etc. there's rarely anything that doesn't need money. what we can discuss now is not the importance of money, but whether money is almighty and whether more wealth can bring us more happiness.
we must say that money is not almighty, and there are many things which money can't do. for example, many emperors like qin shihuang longed for elixirs. as wealthy as they were, and as mighty as they were to take every measure to search for long life medicine, they still could not avoid the sad denouement that “their graves are a covered with weeds”.
many great men suffered from fatal illness. even though they were treated with the best medical means, they had to suffer as much as the ordinary people, and met with the same inescapable fate. rich or poor, great or ordinary, we come and go with nothing belonging to us.
huang shiren, the cruel hearted landlord, was rich but xi'er would rather hid in the deep mountains and turn into a white-hired girl than marrying him;
wang baochuan wouldn't give up her marriage with xue pinggui even though she had to live in the cold cave for over ten years;
emperor shunzhi of the qing dynasty owned the whole country, but just because of the death his beloved concubine, he eventually became disillusioned with this world and spent the rest of life in the temple as a monk (it's all right even if it is a legend)。
many love stories can never be bought with money. the ever-lasting folktale of liang shanbo and zhu yingtai shows people's identification with this point of view.
wealthy men also have a lot of worries: afraid of being stolen or kidnapped, they may have to hire a bodyguard; they're concerned about their spoiling the children, or worry about the family discord because of the legacy disputes after their death; fearing devaluation if they don't invest, while fearing of bankrupt if they invest; where is their happiness?
how much is enough? no limitation. as poor as beggars without a penny, they can make a living by begging. it's said that some have become millionaires through begging. as wealthy as a billionaire, they can only enjoy a couple of dishes each meal. if someone is allergic to seafood, or tired of rich dishes, he may enjoy the pickled vegetables just as much.
as for money, people can take it easy sometimes, but most of the time, they can't. in theory, they may take it easy while in practice, they usually take it very seriously; talking about others, they can take it easy, but to themselves, they take it seriously again. some people take it seriously for one moment, but may take it easy afterwards, just as we said what is hidden from the concerned is plain to the bystanders. most people take money too seriously when being involved. in fact, as long as you have enough to eat, what is the difference between a little and a lot?
everything has a limit, so does money. we should conform to the course of the nature in stead of going out of our way to grasp it. we should spend according to our income. the rich may enjoy much more luxuries but no less worries than the poor. the only difference is the content and form of worries. the higher the income is, the bigger the expenditure is. the world famous boxers may earn millions of dollars for one game, but often find themselves deep in debt. with an annual salary as high as tens of thousands of dollars, the former president of the united states bill clinton ran into debts because of lawsuit, and had to throw off his airs to earn money in every mean. however, the monthly income of some of the chinese families is no more than a few hundred yuan while leading a life with enjoyment. happiness doesn't necessarily rely on money.
according to the western fable the gold touch, a king was very fond of gold and prayed to god for more gold everyday. to teach him a lesson, god imparted the gold touch to him. from then on, whatever he touched turned into gold, including bread, milk, flowers, and even his beloved daughter. he couldn't eat gold, of course, nor could he lose his daughter. in the end, he repented his sin, pleaded god to take the gold touch back and went back to his former happy life again. this story is a little exaggerated, but at the same time it told us vividly that wealth and happiness are not synonym. what's more, no matter how much money you have, you can't spend it all.
wealth itself is neutral, but it acquires a double-attribute because of the difference of its owner. kind people use it for charities, while wicked people may use it to make guns and cannons for killing. therefore wealth can be the origin of both good and evil.
god(if he really exists)， can you make the kind richer and the evil live in poverty?
wealth always reminds people of money, land, houses, and cars, etc. which are all material. in fact, wealth has two aspects: material and spiritual. people pay more attention to material wealth, which is tangible and also limited. for example, a cake can be quickly eaten up, and a big sum of money can be spent. however, spiritual wealth is different, since it is intangible and unlimited. for example, a kind of philosophy, concept, spirit, a plan, a strategy, or a innovation is hard to estimate its value. chairman's mao's thought had aroused millions of people, and with an overwhelming and irresistible momentum, his strategy of “encircle the city from the country” defeated first the japanese invaders and then jiang kai-shek's army of eight million. deng xiaoping's principle of “reform and opening up” led china out of the trap of poverty. the current financial policy and the general plan of “” have kept the chinese currency rmb from devaluating during the asian economic crisis and kept our national economy at a 7% growth rate in the unstable macro environment of world-wide economic crisis.
an enterprise can grow bigger and bigger like a snowball, but in the meantime, it can go bankrupt instantly like a deflated balloon, all depending on whether the operating strategy and specific measures are appropriate. just as the old saying goes: as long as the line is right, the future is bright. long-term development doesn't depend on good luck. therefore we believe that spiritually rich is really rich, and spiritual wealth is the biggest wealth. judging a man, we should see whether he has the wisdom while judging an enterprise, we should see whether its strategies and measures are in accordance with the historical trends. never trust beautiful illusions like the moon in the water and flowers reflected in a mirror that will not last long. we don't advocate beggarism, so we are not afraid of wealth, but uphold wealth. however, we should acquire wealth in a proper way, and think more about the future. we should not forsake good for the sake of gold, nor should we benefit ourselves at the expenses of others. what we should do is to enjoy our own share at the common wealth of the human beings. wealth is not absolute. a great man may as rich as owning the whole world, at the same time, he may also as poor as penniless. therefore, as long as we are not spiritually poor, it is all right even if we are not rich man for the whole life.
being poor is not because someone is penniless, but mainly because of the lonely misery in his inner world. they are green-eyed, because they are never satisfied with what they have, but are always jealous of people who are successful or who earn higher salaries. they never look at other people's devotions and contributions, but with their habit of jealousy they always feel poor and uncomfortable. it is more difficult to solve internal poverty. suppose we can look back at the past with the concept of wealth, how can we stay poor? we may well say that wealth lies in your heart and we should know how to treasure it.
