Speaking of du Yuesheng, the legendary big man of Shanghai Beach, I think everyone is not unfamiliar, he was an unknown little in his early years, and then he was appreciated by Lin Guisheng, the wife of Golden Rong, to emerge in Shanghai Beach, and then he became more and more powerful, and finally became one of the three tycoons who were called together with Golden Rong and Zhang Xiaolin.
Du Yuesheng raised 8 sons and two daughters in his life, and also adopted an adopted daughter, today we mainly talk about the story of his young son Du Weishan, who moved to Canada in his early years, but for a promise, donated 1.8 billion antiques for China free of charge.
Du Weishan was born to Du Yuesheng and the fourth wife Yao Yulan, he was the seventh oldest in the family, after Du Yuesheng's death in 1951, his mother Yao Yulan took him to Taiwan with his coffin, and when he grew up, Du Weishan studied in Australia and became a geological engineer, Du Weishan always remembered what his father said before his death: "Never step into the underworld, never forget that you are a Chinese." "
For his father's teachings before his death, Du Weishan has never forgotten, although he joined the Canadian nationality, settled abroad for many years, but always remembered that he was a yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese, in 1991, Du Weishan came to Shanghai and donated 367 Sassanid gold and silver coins to the museum free of charge, when everyone could not believe their eyes.
In fact, people's surprise is justified, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty has a history of more than 1,000 years, equivalent to the early years of China's Tang Dynasty, this dynasty once minted a small number of gold and silver coins, extremely high value, can be cut down layer by layer with a knife, because after the fall of the Sassanid Dynasty, many nobles fled to China, these gold and silver coins were scattered along the Silk Road throughout the country.
Rare is expensive, the Sassanid Dynasty gold and silver coins are known as one of the most expensive gold and silver coins in the world, after liberation, only the Xinjiang Museum has collected a few such gold and silver coins, in 1959, the Shanghai Museum in order to get a Sassanid gold coin, many times to the Xinjiang Museum, hindered by the love, the Xinjiang Museum only endured the pain of sending a broken gold coin, from which you can see how precious this coin is.
At that time, Du Weishan donated a total of 367 gold and silver coins, including more than 100 gold coins and more than 200 silver coins, and the managers of the Shanghai Museum could not help but exclaim: Du Weishan was simply a messenger of the Sassanid Dynasty, so how much are these gold coins worth? According to Du Weishan, in the 1960s, he sold two houses in Taiwan and exchanged them for more than 10 million Taiwan dollars before buying two gold coins, which can be calculated that the total value of these 367 gold and silver coins should not be less than 300 million yuan.
In addition to these Sassanid gold and silver coins, Du Weishan also donated a large number of Qin Dynasty half two coins, five baht coins, etc., since 1991, he has donated treasures to the Shanghai Museum seven times, donating as many as 2128 ancient coins, worth up to 1.8 billion yuan.
Why did Du Weishan have so many ancient coins? It turned out that when he was in Australia, he collected thousands of geological specimens, these humble specimens were later valuable treasures, colleague Du Weishan was still running the oil and silver mining business, which had enough money to collect these treasures, think about it, how many people in the world can give up more than a billion treasures for free?
For this matter, Du Weishan looked very plain, he said: "I will never forget my father's account to us, nor will I forget my own commitment, I am a Chinese, and I am willing to give everything for the motherland." "
A promise, a simple word, Du Lao's patriotic heart is really touching, and his pure son's feelings are worth learning from future generations.