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Li Ka-shing was born in a scholarly family in Chaozhou, and he was smart and studious since he was a child. The situation suddenly changed, and the Japanese army invaded Chaozhou. His father's ideal of educating and saving the country was wiped out, and Li Ka-shing's ambition to study was shattered. In the winter of 1940, young Li Ka-shing followed his parents, risking his life and going through hardships to escape to Hong Kong. If it were not for Li Ka-shing, the Li family history would probably have been lost in the vast dust of history. At the end of the 20th century, the economic boom became a global trend of the times. Li Ka-shing, a superman of a generation, is known as the richest man in Hong Kong and the richest Chinese in the world. He has erected a monument in the history of Chinese economics and attracted worldwide attention. If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals; if the water is not deep, if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. In Mianxian Lane, Beimen Street, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, there is an extremely ordinary ancient house. The alley is adjacent to the bustling Beimen Market and is as long and narrow as a noodle line. The door of the house is not big, and there are no dragons or phoenixes. "Antique, quiet and elegant" seems to have nothing to do with this ancient house. However, it is this ordinary old house that attracts many local residents and foreign tourists to pay their respects. This is the ancestral home of the Li family. Li Ka-shing was born into a scholarly family in an ancient house on July 29, 1928 (the 13th day of the sixth lunar month). According to the Li family genealogy, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the first ancestor Li Mingshan moved his family from Putian, Fujian to Haiyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture (today's Chaozhou City) to avoid war. Going back further in family history, the ancestors of the Li family were in the Central Plains. It was exactly 10 generations since the first generation ancestor Li Mingshan settled in Chaozhou and passed down to Li Ka-shing's generation. Li's family tradition is rigorous in scholarship and knowledgeable. Li Ka-shing's great-grandfather, ###wan, was one of the eight civil servants selected by the Qing Dynasty. The Li family is a prominent local family. In front of their house there is a 3-meter-high stele with a tribute flag, which is highly respected by people in the four villages. Grandfather Li Xiaofan was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. He did not enter the official career and lived in the countryside. At the beginning of the 20th century, when China was being bullied by foreign powers and Western learning was gradually advancing, Li Xiaofan, who had read the Four Books and Five Classics, resolutely sent his two sons, Li Yunjian and Li Yunti, to study abroad in Fusang. One studied business and the other studied in a normal school. After returning to China after completing his studies, he worked in education in Chaozhou and Shantou. Li Ka-shing’s father, Li Yunjing, also followed the path of studying and teaching. Li Yunjing has been smart, studious and diligent since he was a child. He always ranks among the best in every exam. In 1913 (15 years old), he was admitted to the Provincial Jinshan Middle School with excellent results. When he graduated in 1917, he ranked first in the school. At that time, his family's financial situation was declining and there was no money for him to go to university. Li Yun accepted the recruitment of Lianyang Maode School and began his teaching career. A few years later, Li Yunjing abandoned his education and entered business, traveled across the ocean, and worked as a clerk in a Yuhe company run by a trendy businessman in Semarang, Java. Soon due to the turmoil in the current situation, Li Yunjing returned home and served as treasurer and cashier of Heng'an Bank in Chao'an City. Later, due to the turmoil in the current situation, the bank collapsed. Li Yunjing returned to teaching and worked as a teacher at Hougou School in Longdu. He taught well and had a growing reputation. In the spring of 1935, he was hired as the principal of Anbu Hong'an Primary School. In 1937, Li Yunjing was transferred to the principal of Guolong Primary School in Anbu until the fall of Chaozhou and his family moved to Hong Kong. After more than half a century, it is difficult for people to verify Li Yunjing's true motivation for abandoning teaching and going into business. Many works believe that Li Yunjing was forced by the current situation because of his poor family background. The Chaoshan area is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China. The Chaoshan area currently has a population of about 10 million, and there are about 6 to 7 million Chaozhou people who have settled overseas. If the Chaozhou people who immigrated to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are included, the number is more than 10 million. Chaoshan is the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guangdong, and Chaoshan people have emigrated overseas in large numbers since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Chaoshan's overseas trade is developed, but "merchants value profits over separation" and have little awareness of "relocating to their homeland". The migration of hipsters cannot just be attributed to poverty. Active development is the unique landscape of Chaoshan culture. The migration of Chaozhou people is also different from the people from Shandong who entered Guandong and the people from Ningbo who entered Shanghai. People's footprints are still in the country, while the Chaozhou people are looking abroad. The upsurge of hipsters emigrating overseas began in the mid-19th century. Shantou opened as a port in 1861, exporting tens of thousands of contracted Chinese workers every year. According to statistics from Guangdong Customs History, from 1876 to 1898, there were 1.5 million Chinese traveling from Shantou via Hong Kong or directly to Southeast Asia, the vast majority of whom were Chaozhou people. There are many domestic film and television literary works that reflect the blood and tears of Chinese workers. Indentured Chinese workers were "cheated, coerced or even kidnapped" when they were far away from home. This is true history, but it is not the whole story. Most of the workers are voluntary. They work hard with longing in mind, and it has become a common practice. Hipsters are extremely adventurous and pioneering. Trendy people immigrate overseas, the labor force is decreasing year by year, and the number of businessmen is increasing year by year. This wave of overseas immigration gradually stopped until the Communist Party established a new regime in the mainland in 1949. Li Yunjing lived in this large cultural atmosphere. Even though he received traditional tutoring, he could not be immune to its influence. In Chaoshan, there are legendary stories of overseas wanderers who built their careers and became rich. Even if they are more disappointed than hopeful, they still form the driving force for Chaoshan people to venture into the sea. No matter what Li Yunjing's motives were, he was the loser among them; no matter how turbulent the current situation was and how dangerous the market was, he still returned to the starting point - to resume coaching. Li Yunjing may have accepted too many traditional morals, emphasizing righteousness over profit, and being happy with poverty. Perhaps he was more enthusiastic about education and regarded education as the foundation of strengthening the country and benefiting the people. From Li's tutor, we can't find any genes for doing business and making money. Li Ka-shing has become a genius in the business world and is an outlier. The Hanjiang River is green and mighty, passing through the Chaoshan Plain for thousands of years and flowing south into the sea. The ancient city of Chaozhou has Jinshan Mountain in the north, Bijia Mountain in the east, and Hulu Mountain in the west. The three mountains and one water are as beautiful as a picturesque paradise. When Li Ka-shing came to this world, the world was no longer peaceful.

The Northern Expedition achieved a brilliant victory, but China was still in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. After the world economy experienced a long period of prosperity, what followed was a worldwide economic depression. Chaozhou is located in a peaceful corner and is minimally affected by the current situation. Li Yunjing and his eldest son Jiacheng wandered among the green mountains and green waters. All the troubles in the world would drift away with the river. Li Yunjing's greatest expectation for his son is to achieve success in his studies and serve his country and hometown - this is the life experience he gained when he entered and then left the business. Li Ka-shing lives up to his father's expectations, is smart and studious, and can chant "Three Character Classic" and "Poems of a Thousand Family" at the age of 3. "Goose, goose, goose, singing to the sky. White hair floats on the green water, and anthurium stirs the green waves." Chanting poems and essays was the best entertainment in Li Ka-shing's childhood. "Human beings are inherently good by nature; they are similar in nature but far apart in habits." It was in these children's books that Li Ka-shing was the first to receive the influence of traditional culture.

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