Living in a humble room is not bad at heart.
It's not bad to live in a humble room. The next sentence is that clothes can also be the pride of a prince. It was written by later generations according to Liu Yuxi's "Humble Room Inscription". It's not bad to live in a humble room, but clothes can also be a prince's pride. It means that the living conditions are bad, but the heart is concerned about the world and the country and the people. Living in a humble room, eating and drinking, not changing the happiness of immortals, not moving the ambition of pines and cypresses. Be content with the status quo and pay more attention to inner cultivation.