Wealth
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.
Translated by Zhang Baodan
June 20, 2004
財(cái)富
北京外國(guó)語大學(xué)北戴河外語培訓(xùn)基地校長(zhǎng) 宋遠(yuǎn)利
一說到財(cái)富，人們就會(huì)想到金錢，又會(huì)想到與錢有關(guān)的許多說法和觀念。比如：錢能通神。有錢能使鬼推磨。人為財(cái)死，鳥為食亡。窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠(yuǎn)親。人窮志短，馬瘦毛長(zhǎng)。一分錢難倒英雄漢，等等。
八十年代前，都是國(guó)營(yíng)商店，明碼標(biāo)價(jià)，差一分真不賣給你，一分錢也確能難倒個(gè)英雄漢。那時(shí)有支應(yīng)運(yùn)而生的歌曲是：我在馬路邊，揀到一分錢，交到警察叔叔手里邊……。到了現(xiàn)在，一毛錢在地上，經(jīng)常沒有人再留意了。
人們對(duì)錢的恭維，表現(xiàn)在許多方面。給公司或商店起名子，經(jīng)常是：豪門啤酒，富豪酒家，貴族商店，名門飯店等（個(gè)人連名字也是金滿，萬財(cái)之類）。過年了，要請(qǐng)財(cái)神，畫上印滿了金元寶。遇到百萬富翁過市，明知并不會(huì)給自己一分錢，仍會(huì)恭恭敬敬地迎送和瞻仰。英國(guó)電影《百萬英鎊》，揭露的淋漓盡致，百萬英鎊在手，允許賒欠，可以借貸，甚至?xí)徒o你錢物。雖然片尾主人公失去百萬英鎊仍能和女友相好，但如果沒有這個(gè)百萬英鎊，他們還是不能結(jié)識(shí)的。人們很難直接去結(jié)交一個(gè)叫花子。
《紅樓夢(mèng)》在好了歌里雖然抨擊了拜金主義者，說到：“世人都曉神仙好，只有金銀忘不了。終朝只恨聚無多，待到多時(shí)眼閉了�！钡谡缡侩[的注釋里談到世態(tài)炎涼，人心冷暖，又不得不說：“金滿箱，銀滿箱，轉(zhuǎn)眼乞丐人皆謗。”結(jié)論是：沒錢還是不行。