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The Chinese have a saying 富不过三代 which means "wealth does not survive three generations".
by contingencies 9y ago
The Chinese have a saying 富不过三代 which means "wealth does not survive three generations".
- Banthum 9y agoOur version is: shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.
- closeparen 9y agoHave there been three generations in China since the Communist revolution?
- contingencies 9y agoYep, just! Wealth certainly didn't survive that one, except by moving to Taiwan, and its economy is tanking right about the three generation mark...
- onion2k 9y agoThe wealthiest people here in the UK tend to come from families who were given estates by the crown in the 14th and 15th centuries. That saying may be true in China, but it isn't universal.