Chapman is called the Oriental Jew, mainly because they have one common feature, that is, they are good at doing business. Let's talk about Jews first.
The history of the Jewish nation can be traced back to four or five thousand years ago, and it is one of the oldest peoples in human history. The ancestors of Jews are Hebrews in West Asia, and they are nomadic people who originated in Arabian Peninsula. According to the Old Testament, their distant ancestor was Abraham, who had two sons, and his youngest son Isaac became the ancestor of the Jews.
The Jewish people are the most special people in the world. Since the Roman Empire, most people have been forced to leave their homeland and wander around the world. In the long and tortuous years, the religion, language, writing, tradition, calendar, customs and industrious and intelligent qualifications of the Jewish people have not collapsed, and they have always maintained their own characteristics and national cohesion. Although Jews have been exiled, moved and hunted for a long time, they have strengthened their viability in this unsafe living environment, so they are flexible and especially good at doing business.
The biggest disaster for Jews came from fascism, Nazi Germany and Italy during World War II. More than 6 million Jews were slaughtered, but they honed their will in a difficult environment. According to the statistics of Jewish organizations, in 2007, the total number of Jews in the world was about160,000, of which 5.4 million settled in Israel, 5.3 million lived in the United States, and the rest were scattered around the world.
According to some data, Jews only account for 0.3% of the world's population, but they control 60% of the world's wealth. The richest families in the world, such as Rothschild family, Morgan family, Rockefeller family and Wittgenstein family, are all Jews.
Chaoshan area is located at the junction of Guangdong Province and Fujian Province, and on the southeast coast of China. It has always been a commodity distribution center in eastern Guangdong, southeastern Jiangxi and southwestern Fujian, and Chaoshan people call it the "national corner at the end of the province". Chaoshan area is adjacent to Zhangzhou in the east, Huizhou in the west, Nanhai in the south and Meizhou and Longyan in the north. In the history of China, the ancestors of Chaoshan people, like Jews, suffered a lot of bullying.
According to records, most of the ancestors of Chaoshan people were in the Five Rebellions, the Anshi Rebellion and the Jingkang Rebellion. Fu Jia fled all the way south to Chaoshan in the Central Plains. He thought he had settled down, but he was faced with a once-in-a-century ethnic catastrophe and suffered two massacres by the Yuan army and the Qing army.
Frequently encountering natural and man-made disasters, Chaoshan people are very self-reliant, cultivate a determined character, and become particularly smart and hard-working. So many Chaoshan people go out of their hometown to do business all over the country and have a lot of wealth.
The reason why Chaoshan people get the title of Oriental Jew is related to their business in Thailand. When King Rama VI of Thailand was in power, many Chaoshan people did business in Thailand and were repeatedly rejected as Jews. Rama VI claimed that Chaoshan people were Oriental Jews in his book Jews in the East. Since then, it has spread widely. References:
"The Road to Jewish Renaissance" and "Chaoshan Historical and Cultural Research Center Take Various Measures to Promote Chaozhou Culture" (Author: Daily Chinese Characters)