The thoughts of Chairman Li? It's worth a read - for entertainment value

A leading Hong Kong publishing house has come up with a series on the famous sayings of such indisputably great men of China as Sun Yat-sen, Lu Xun, Zeng Guofan ... and Li Ka-shing?

So Asia's richest man has been elevated to the heights of the founder of modern China, the 20th century's greatest Chinese writer and one of the last great generals and Confucian scholars of the late Qing dynasty.

Li is no ordinary man, but the comparison may go a tad too far, showing the extent to which people in this town pander to the rich and powerful.

Just for my curiosity, I bought the Li volume, and it does not disappoint - for its entertainment value.

Here are some gems from one of our great property tycoons.

On human values: 'The greatest human value is in giving.'