As the saying goes, "you don't take your belongings with you when you are alive, and you don't take them when you die." "A person who comes to this world empty-handed will eventually leave empty-handed. Even if he has great wealth, he can't take it away at all.
In the Song Dynasty, Wang Nai, together with Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, Zhu Mian and Tong Guan, fawned on Song Huizong. Small groups of people play politics, take bribes and pervert the law, which fortunately leads to high positions. At that time, people called it the Six Thieves. When he was in power, his life was corrupt and luxurious, and there was not enough luxurious food. He also supervised an ivory bed inlaid with jewels, which glowed at night. Lying on it, surrounded by small beds, more than a dozen people choose the most beautiful concubine to sleep next to him every night. They call it "holding the account".
Later, due to the unauthorized claim to go to war with Jin Bangguang, he unfortunately failed. The emperor has issued a decree to expel him from the army. He has gone to Fugu Village and rested in a small restaurant on the roadside. Suddenly, dozens of cavalry came behind, recognized Wang Fu's integrity, read the imperial edict, and immediately gave him a reward for his death.
Wang Fu's face changed greatly when he heard the imperial edict. After a pause, he said calmly, "Wang Fu has been acting all his life, and even if he dies, it will not be enough to cover him up. However, ask a captain to play sacred music. After I die, I have a request: please give me a coffin with a window. When I'm dying, my hands can reach out of the coffin and my fingers can spread out. Don't bend my fist. 」
"Why?" Tingwei asked strangely.
"Let the world know that I didn't bring any of my property to the underworld." Wang Fu's slow answer.
How many people scrimp and save before life and refuse to waste a penny. In their life, they left a lot of property, either usury or private custody. Once they are critically ill, they have no time to dispose of their property, either confiscated or swallowed up, wasting their life's hard work and getting nothing. Some people work hard to make money, buy real estate and leave a huge legacy to their children. However, after his death, their children either forcibly divided up their wealth, or ate, drank, gambled and squandered, regardless of their parents' hard work before their death. Therefore, some people say that the best property left to children is not gold and silver treasures, nor villas and famous cars, but moral knowledge and skill cultivation. Therefore, money is an external thing, you can't keep it for yourself, and you don't have to be a scapegoat for your children and grandchildren. So, what should we do with the property? The Buddha said, "You can't carry it, but you can carry it. Property can't take a penny, but karma is not happy at all. Therefore, we can make full use of our property, build good relations, build roads and bridges, help the poor, or donate to charity, or set up scholarships, "take ten sides and use ten sides" to make the best use of everything, so that we can gain merits, or be good at long-term merits, or protect future generations. Why not?