Don't ask the poor in downtown, the rich have distant relatives in the mountains; Do not believe, but look at the wine on the banquet, first respect the rich;
There is a tall horse tied to the door, not a relative, but also a relative; There are begging sticks in front of the door, and relatives and friends don't come to the door;
World friendship needs gold, which is neither much nor deep; Money and wine, many brothers. If you are in trouble, you haven't seen anyone.
Three poor and three rich are old, how many people will rise and fall in ten years; Nobody talks behind someone's back! Nobody talks behind someone's back!
Translation:
People are poor and live in downtown areas, and no one wants to go. People are rich and live in remote areas, and some people come to visit. If you go to the party, everyone will propose a toast to people with money and status.
A burly man tied to the door, rich and powerful, people who are not relatives will come to recognize relatives. Put a beggar stick in front of the door. No matter how close the blood relationship is, people will not come to your house as guests.
Secular people need to use gold as a link to make friends with each other. Gold is not used much, and friendship is naturally not deep. When our family is rich and has wine and meat to entertain others, many people call each other brothers. When you need someone to help you in a disaster, you can't see anyone and avoid them.
Keep quiet when you are proud, continue to do more good for others, and don't sigh when you are frustrated. A person's life will go through many ups and downs and look down upon it. How many people have experienced ups and downs in ten years. Who doesn't talk about people behind their backs and who doesn't talk about people in front of others?
Source:
This passage comes from augmented sage. The understanding of human nature in the book is based on "inherent bad habits", and social life is understood with cold eyes, and family ties are polluted by money. This passage shows that friendship is only a lie, ranking is determined by money, law and justice are also manipulated by money, and human nature is distorted by interests. Augmented summed up the dark phenomena in many aspects of society and displayed them coldly in front of readers.
Most of the sentences in Zengguang Xianwen come from a subset of classics, poems and songs, opera novels and scholars' miscellaneous notes, and their thoughts directly or indirectly come from Confucian and Taoist classics.
Appreciate:
This is a true portrayal of the indifference of the world. It means that if a person or family is poor, even if they live in downtown, they have no relatives or friends to walk around. If a person or a family is rich or expensive, even if they live in deep mountains and forests, relatives will come to visit.
A similar proverb:
1, when you have money, you often want to live when you have no money, so don't wait until you have no money to get rich.
When you are rich, you will often think of your poor days. Don't wait until you have no money to miss the rich days.
Revelation: No matter what you do, you should think long-term, don't get drunk today, spend tomorrow's money to live today well, spend money carefully, don't eat and drink if you have money, and eat chaff and vegetables if you don't have money.
2. Being poor doesn't mean being rich, and being cheap doesn't mean being expensive.
Don't blindly envy the rich life of others when they are poor, and don't flatter those rich and powerful people when they are in a low position.
Enlightenment: temporary poverty does not mean that you have to live a miserable life all your life. Don't be depressed about your life. Hard times will pass.
3. Fight rice for kindness and bear rice for enmity.
When you give others a little help in an emergency, others will appreciate you, but excessive help and relief will breed enemies.
Revelation: Always give help, and he will take it for granted. Once you stop helping, he will get angry, think you are a bad person and forget all the good things before. Being a man must always be grateful. People's duty is to help you, not to help you. Don't have too much greed, but know how to be content!