In the old Shanghai Beach, Du Yuesheng can be said to be calling the wind and rain, and at that time, whatever the forces did, they had to take care of Du Yuesheng's face. But although Du Yuesheng is the leader of the Green Gang, he is not as rude as the other bosses, on the contrary, Du Yuesheng is a reasonable and clear person. On many occasions, Du Yuesheng likes to wear a long shirt to show people, although he himself has not read many books, but he has always respected knowledge, so he has always been strict about the education of his children. Because of this, the later Du Yuesheng also resolutely did not allow his children to participate in improper businesses, especially opium, casinos, nightclubs and so on.
Before the age of four, his parents died one after another, and his eight-year-old stepmother disappeared, which was the childhood of Du Yuesheng, the "Emperor of Shanghai"; when he first entered the jianghu, he was almost killed by white eyes, which was Du Yuesheng's teenager. And these are just the beginning of Du Yuesheng's life of ups and downs. People often say that suffering is the best university, and this sentence is verified here in Du Yuesheng. He went from a small mess to the bustling Ten Mile Ocean Field, not only grew into the number one person in Shanghai Beach, but also interpreted his life into a permanent legend. He went in and out of the black and white lanes, navigated the political and business circles, and became the most eye-catching fierce man in the shanghai beach underworld at that time!
But although Du Yuesheng revealed a treacherous and cunning image, he was a strict parent at home. In his lifetime, he married a five-room wife and had ten children. Among his many children, we are more familiar with Du Weifan (adopted son), Du Weiping, Du Meiru, but few other children know. According to Ms. Du Meiru's recollection, the eldest brother Du Weifan skipped the exam once and was slapped twice by his father. Du Meiru herself was beaten 10 times with a whip due to her poor results in a foreign language test. It is under the education of sticks that Du Yuesheng's children are desperately studying, and they did not take the underworld after Du Yuesheng's death, and even more so they donated 1.8 billion antiques to China free of charge, and the deeds touched China!
This person is Du Yuesheng's youngest son, Du Weishan, who ranks seventh in the family and has a biological mother of the fourth wife, Yao Yulan. In 1949, Du Weishan's mother and son moved to Hong Kong with Du Yuesheng, and after Du Yuesheng's death, they went to Taiwan to settle down. At the age of 21, Du Weishan remembered that his father had taught him to complete a good education in the local area, and then went to Australia to study and became a geological engineer. After achieving success, he chose to settle in Vancouver, Canada, but never became a naturalized citizen. Du Weishan himself said that his father's last words to him were never to step into the underworld, and the second was to never forget that he was Chinese. Perhaps it is under such teachings that Mr. Du Weishan has always maintained a patriotic heart.
Since 1991, he has donated at least 1.8 billion yuan worth of ancient coins to the Shanghai Museum, which has attracted the attention of many people in China. It turned out that Du Weishan had a love for ancient culture since childhood, especially in ancient coin collection and scholarship. He has collected tens of thousands of ancient coins, more than 20,000 pieces and a half coins, and in the more than 40 years of collecting and studying Chinese ancient coins, he has written and published 6 monographs on numismatic research, which can be described as a veritable expert in ancient coin collection. For Mr. Du Weishan's collection interest can be said to be a continuation of his ancestors, his wife Tan Duanyan is the second daughter of Tan Jing, a famous rich man and collector in Shanghai Beach, and his father Du Yuesheng also has Yaxing, who collects cultural relics and antiques.
In 1991, Du Weishan, who had always missed his hometown, finally returned to Shanghai, and as soon as he returned, he did something that caused a sensation throughout Shanghai. At that time, Mr. Du Weishan was invited to visit the Shanghai Museum (the old mansion of the Du family), and after entering the museum, Mr. Du had mixed feelings and felt sincerely kind to Shangbo. After the visit, Du Weishan found that Shangbo had a systematic collection of ancient coins, and that Shangbo was in urgent need of research on the ancient Silk Road at that time, so he had the idea of donating coins to Shangbo. Finally, just a few months later, Du Weishan returned to Shanghai and donated as many as 367 gold and silver coins of the Sassanid Dynasty to the Shanghai Museum.
At that time, this donation incident caused a huge sensation, and almost everyone could not believe their eyes at that time, Du Weishan had donated such a precious thing free of charge. So what's so special about the gold coins of the Sassanids? What is the baby? The ancient Persian Sassanid Dynasty was a kingdom that existed on the ancient Silk Road more than a thousand years ago, corresponding to the early Tang Dynasty in China. The reign of the Sassanid Dynasty was the peak of the development of ancient Persian culture, and its influence spread throughout Western Europe, Africa, China and India. However, the coins of this empire are mainly copper coins, and the number of gold and silver coins is very small, so the value is extremely high, and it is known as "the most expensive gold and silver coins in the world" in the collection world.
After the fall of the Sassanid Dynasty, some nobles fled to China along the ancient Silk Road, so these gold and silver coins were also scattered along the ancient Silk Road. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, only a few such gold coins were stored in the Xinjiang Museum in the whole of China. In the 1950s, in order to get a piece of Sassanid gold coins to upgrade the grade, the Shanghai Museum repeatedly applied to the Xinjiang Museum in the hope of sending one. Because of the affection, the Xinjiang Museum endured the pain and gave a small, incomplete gold coin. This shows how precious this coin is. And Du Weishan donated so many Sassanid gold and silver coins at once, which made Shangbo instantly become the "world's largest" collection of Sassanid coins.
It can be said that Du Weishan's collection of Sassanid gold and silver coins is rich, complete in variety, and well-researched, ranking first among similar private collectors in the world. According to Du Weishan himself, in the 1960s, in order to buy two such gold coins, he even sold a house worth 20 million Taiwan dollars (about 5 million yuan) in order to buy two such gold coins. Later, after identification, mr. Du Weishan donated Sassanid gold and silver coins this time at least worth 350 million yuan at that time! In addition, Mr. Du Weishan has also donated his collection of more than 20 ancient coins in the central and western regions of the "Silk Road" six times, as well as precious cultural relics such as half two coins, five baht coins, gold and silver nuggets in the Qin Dynasty, with a total of 2128 pieces, and its value is conservatively estimated to be 1.8 billion yuan.
As the youngest son of Du Yuesheng, Du Weishan donated 1.8 billion yuan of antique deeds to China free of charge, which quickly touched the whole of China, and everyone was shocked by his selfless spirit and admired it. The Shanghai Museum also said that for these precious coins, they will open a special museum for display, and will always remember Mr. Du's righteous deeds, so they hired Du Weishan as a lifelong consultant and reserved a private office for him. In recognition of Du Weishan's selfless dedication, and also to call on the whole society to learn from him, the Shanghai Municipal Government specially awarded him the "Magnolia Award".
As for the praise from all walks of life in Shanghai, Mr. Du Weishan also looked very plain, he replied: "All the ancient money unearthed in China is the property of the state, and in the future, when the leaves fall back to their roots, they should return to China." He also said: "I have two reluctances in life, one is that I don't want to show off in front of people, and the other is that I don't want people to say that I am right about everything." It is precisely because of this humble and cautious spirit that he has carefully explained the ancient coins donated to Shangbo, hoping that future generations will point out his negligence and mistakes.
The mountains are high and the water is long, and the fallen leaves return to the roots. It can be said that Du Weishan always remembers his father's dying instructions, and does not dare to forget his identity, blood and genes, because he cherishes the motherland, so he does not put his hobbies first. Perhaps, this is the reason why Du Lao poured out his family wealth to send antiques to China! His patriotic heart is touching, and his pure feelings are worth learning and admiring for future generations!