Li Ka Shing has taken out advertisements in various HK newspapers on Thursday 15 Aug 2019.
Apparently the phrases were from a Tang Dynasty period poem by a prince.
最好的因
可成最壞的果
Probable meaning - Actions taken with the best of intentions may lead to the worst outcome.
黄台之瓜
何堪再摘
"the melons of Huangtai cannot bear the picking again"
Probable meaning - Whatever you have been doing up to this stage, please don't overdo it or you may cause irreparable damage.
The cryptic messages can be subject to many interpretations. And can be referring to or addressed to different parties/persons/groups.
For example, LKS may be referring to the US/UK/Taiwan attempt to use Hong Kong rioters to foment similar protests inside main land China; to effect regime change in China. US and UK may have what they deem as "good" intentions to evangelise democracy to Asia. But democracy as a political system may not be suitable for the China of 2019. The system that works for US does not necessarily work for China. If you look deeper, the US is in reality a Plutocracy (looking after the interests & benefits of a tiny powerful & mega rich elite). Plutocracy exists in the US regardless of whether the president currently in power, is from the Democrat Party or Republican Party. US on the surface looks like a democracy. One cannot immediately in 2019 do a rubber stamp copy of the US or UK system and transplant it wholesale into another country/society. The resulting tumult and chaos within China may cause great suffering to the ordinary people. Maybe LKS is telling US/UK/Taiwan to stop the interference.
Apparently the phrases were from a Tang Dynasty period poem by a prince.
最好的因
可成最壞的果
Probable meaning - Actions taken with the best of intentions may lead to the worst outcome.
黄台之瓜
何堪再摘
"the melons of Huangtai cannot bear the picking again"
Probable meaning - Whatever you have been doing up to this stage, please don't overdo it or you may cause irreparable damage.
The cryptic messages can be subject to many interpretations. And can be referring to or addressed to different parties/persons/groups.
For example, LKS may be referring to the US/UK/Taiwan attempt to use Hong Kong rioters to foment similar protests inside main land China; to effect regime change in China. US and UK may have what they deem as "good" intentions to evangelise democracy to Asia. But democracy as a political system may not be suitable for the China of 2019. The system that works for US does not necessarily work for China. If you look deeper, the US is in reality a Plutocracy (looking after the interests & benefits of a tiny powerful & mega rich elite). Plutocracy exists in the US regardless of whether the president currently in power, is from the Democrat Party or Republican Party. US on the surface looks like a democracy. One cannot immediately in 2019 do a rubber stamp copy of the US or UK system and transplant it wholesale into another country/society. The resulting tumult and chaos within China may cause great suffering to the ordinary people. Maybe LKS is telling US/UK/Taiwan to stop the interference.
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