Hu Xueyan, the "richest man" in the late Qing Dynasty, warned posterity on his deathbed: Don't approach the White Tiger! What is a White Tiger?
Hu Xueyan was the "richest man" in the late Qing Dynasty, and his path to being the richest man was inseparable from his ingenuity. He was originally just a young man running errands, when he was very young, his father died, and he ran to Hangzhou to survive, and he worked as a young man in various shops in Hangzhou. Finally, he worked as an apprentice in Qianzhuang, because he was able and intelligent, so he was treated as his own son by the treasurer of Qianzhuang.
It just so happened that the treasurer of the qianzhuang did not have his own children, so before he died, he directly handed over the money and family property to Hu Xueyan. After inheriting the family property, Hu Xueyan made friends in various industries, which can be said to be the simultaneous development of politics and business. And this also made him strong enough to become two noble people in life, namely Zuo Zongtang and Wang Youling. With their help, Hu Xueyan was very well ate in both the official and business circles.
And the success of the business made him hated, and the method Li Hongzhang used when he excluded Zuo Zongtang was to kill Hu Xueyan first if he wanted to squeeze Zuo Zongtang. At that time, Hu Xueyan was also suppressed by domestic and foreign capitalists, resulting in Hu Xueyan's career plummeting, and the Qing government at that time implemented a dismissal, and eventually Hu Xueyan died in a hurry.
Before he died, he said these four words to his descendants: Do not approach the white tiger. Among them, the two words of white tiger represent silver, the white word represents the silver of white flowers, and the word tiger describes the horror of silver. The meaning of these four words is that I hope that future generations can stay away from the business world and not repeat the same mistakes. It can be seen that Hu Xueyan is very clear about the cruelty and bloodshed in the business world.
And Hu Xueyan's children have eight, of which three men and five women, until now, his descendants can reach hundreds of people, and basically every industry is all over, but none of Hu Xueyan's direct descendants are from business, I don't know if it is to remember Hu Xueyan's last wishes? I believe that Hu Xueyan's spirit in heaven can also be relieved.