This Chinese proverb discusses how money cannot buy important things like a home, time, sleep, knowledge, good health, respect, life or love. It then claims that sending copies of the proverb to others within 96 hours will bring good luck, citing examples of people who received wealth or good news after sharing the proverb. However, the proverb's claims of originating in the Netherlands and bringing luck through sharing are unfounded and it uses rhetorical techniques to persuade readers to spread it.

1. CHINESE PROVERB

2. ABOUT MONEY

3. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE BUT NOT A HOME

4. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A CLOCK BUT NOT TIME

5. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BED BUT NOT SLEEP

6. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BOOK, BUT NOT KNOWLEDGE

7. WITH MONEY YOU CAN A DOCTOR, BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH

8. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A POSITION BUT NOT RESPECT

9. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY BLOOD BUT NOT LIFE

10. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY SEX BUT NOT LOVE

11. THIS CHINESE PROVERB BRINGS LUCK IT ORIGINATED FROM THE NETHERLANDS

12. THIS PROVERB HAS GONE 8 TIMES AROUND THE WORLD, NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ONCE YOU HAVE RECIEVED IT.

13. THIS IS NOT A JOKE YOUR LUCK WILL COME BY MAIL OR INTERNET

14. SEND A COPY TO THE PERSONS THAT REALLY NEED LUCK, DO NOT SEND MONEY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUY LUCK, AND DO NOT KEEP IT FOR MORE THAN 96HRS (4 DAYS)

15. HERE IS A FEW EXEMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT GOT LUCK AFTER RECIEVING THAT PROVERB:

16. CONSTANTIN, GOT HIS FIRST IN 1953, HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE 20 COPIES. NINE HOIURS LATTER HE WON 99MILLIONS IN THE LOTERY IN HIS COUNTRY.

17. CARLOS, EMPLOYED RECEIVED THE SAME CARD, BUT DID NOT SEND IT, A FEW DAYS LATTER HE LOST HIS EMPLOYEMENT. DAYS LATTER HE CHANGED HIS MIND, SENT IT, AND BECAME RICH.

18. IN 1967, BRUNO GOT THE CARD, HE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AND DISCARDED IT, A FEW DAYS LATTER HIS SON GOT SICK. HE LOOKED FOR THE CARD MADE 20 COPIES AND SENT THEM. NINE DAYS LATTER, HE GOT A GOOD NEWS: HIS SON WAS SAFE AND SOUND.

19. THIS CARD HAS BEEN SENT BY ANTHONY DE CROUD, A MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

20. BEFORE 96 HOURS YOU HAVE TO SEND THAT CARD.

21. YOUR LUCK WILL COME WITHIN 4 DAYS FROM THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVED THAT CARD, IF YOU COMPLY TO THE WISHED EXPRESSED IN THIS CARD.

22. THIS IS TRUE. THIS CARD HAS BEEN SEND FOR GOOD LUCK. LUCK IS FINALY AT YOUR DOOR.

23. SEND 20 COPIES TO ACQUAINTANCES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ONE DAY LATTER YOU WILL GET A GOOD NEWS OR SURPRISE.

24. I SEND THIS CARD EXPECTING IT TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

25. SEND ONLY 20 COPIES AND EXPECT GOOD TIDINGS IN THE NEXT DAYS.

26. IMPORTANT: DO NOT MODIFY THE TEXT THAT I SENT YOU, COPY IT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU GOT IT. GOOD LUCK. J.A.B.