When a person is dying, the words he speaks are the true words, and they are also the words of his heart that he most wants to say. Many people will have their own perception of life, as well as advice to future generations, reminding future generations not to take their own wrong old road. Today we take a look at what is the "White Tiger"? Hu Xueyan, the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, warned posterity before his death, "Don't go near the White Tiger"! This white tiger is not the white tiger that everyone thinks, let's understand what the "white tiger" is?
Hu Xueyan was a businessman in the late Qing Dynasty of China, he went from a small guy to a well-known rich businessman, and naturally he also had the secret of his success. Hu Xueyan is a very good person, in modern terms, that is, high emotional intelligence. In the late Qing Dynasty, this corrupt old society, the business can be so large, nature and the government can not be separated from the official government, and Hu Xueyan's initial patron was Zhejiang Patrol Wang Youling.
At that time, Hu Xueyan was just a young man, and Wang Youling was a down-and-out brother, with the help of Hu Xueyan, Wang Youling's career path was also getting farther and farther, and Hu Xueyan's business naturally grew bigger. Later, Hu Xueyan met Zuo Zongtang again, and it was also because Hu Xueyan helped him raise military funds, so he made a fierce profit, and he was also rewarded by the imperial court and became a famous red-top businessman, but later under the pressure of Li Hongzhang, Hu Xueyan was finally questioned by the raiders and was destitute.
And the "white tiger" mentioned in Hu Xueyan's mouth also has three meanings, the first layer refers to silver, from the full pot of money to a poor, if it is not too much greed, it will not end up like this. The lower second floor refers to the imperial court, his trade route and the imperial court are closely linked, the imperial court has brought him great wealth, but it has also made him a batch of such a person, and can push him down the abyss at any time. The third layer refers to war, if it were not for the problem of Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang fighting for military expenses, they would not have taken him and would not have fallen into such a field. Therefore, he warned his descendants not to approach the white tiger, and his descendants also followed his last wishes, and no one took the road of business.