1. The previous sentence of "If you get it, you will live" is: "One basket of food, one bean soup". The poem comes from "Fish I Want" written by Mencius and his disciples in the pre-Qin Dynasty.
2. Excerpt from the original text: A basket of food and a bean soup. If you get it, you will live. If you don't get it, you will die. If you give him a call, you will not be tolerated by those who practice the Tao; if you give him a call, you will be looked down upon by beggars. Definition: A bowl of rice or a bowl of soup. If you eat it, you can live. If you don't eat it, you will starve to death. If you offer food to others without courtesy, the hungry people passing by will not accept it; if you give food to others by kicking or stepping on it, beggars will not accept it.