Without skin, what can hair be attached to-nothing can exist without foundation.
If the skin does not exist, how can the hair be paid? If the skin is gone, where can the hair be attached? Metaphor means that things can't exist without a foundation on which to live.
original text
When traveling in Wei Wenhou, I met someone who turned his back on me. Said: "Hu suffered because of anti-autumn." Right: "I like his hair." Hou Wen said, "If you don't know what's inside, what can Mao rely on?"
Next year; Dongyang spends ten times as much cloth as the doctor. Hou Wen said, "This is no reason to congratulate me. For example, a passerby will love his hair very much, but he doesn't know what's inside, and his hair has nothing to rely on. Today, my field is not wide, and there are not many literati. If the money is ten times, I will take the literati. You can't live in the world if you hear that people are restless. This is not a reason to congratulate me. "
arouse
Never put the cart before the horse in doing things. The foundation of the existence of things has been shaken, and things cannot continue to exist. This is not worth the loss.