[Notes]

Virtue: virtue of virtue. It is difficult to live in its beauty: few people can live in poverty.

[translation]

Thrift is a virtue, but people should not deliberately pursue this reputation just because they praise thrift. Poverty is often praised, but few people can live in poverty.

[opinion]

Everything is too much. It is wrong to be too extravagant, and frugality is not necessarily good. If thrift is only for fame and fortune, it will completely lose its original intention. Thrift is not wasted, "a little, but it is difficult to keep thinking about material resources;" A porridge and a meal are hard to come by. "With this attitude, there will be no waste. Thrift is also an economic concept, that is, "make the best use of the least materials." "Thrift and thrift are different. Some people are frugal, but they can give generously when others are in trouble. This is frugality and not meanness. There are few thrifty people in modern society, but many stingy people!

Poverty is a good name, probably only in ancient times! The ancients praised the idea that poverty is happiness. Yan Yuan "ate and drank once, but lived in a mean alley without changing his pleasure." It's not easy. It has been praised for thousands of years. As for modern times, "poverty" has simply become a sin, and "living a poor life and enjoying happiness" is simply a passive abandonment in the eyes of most people. Yes, happiness is not necessarily poverty, and poverty is not necessarily good. Only in the progress of material life, it is doubtful whether the human mind is also making progress. In the modern society that emphasizes efficiency and utility, how much space and room for reflection have people reserved for their lives? Some people have no worries about material life, but their hearts are pitiful!