Cai Gentan 165: A gentleman is virtuous and a villain is profitable

Original text:

Hard-working people are sensitive to virtue and justice, while the world helps its poor through hard work; Thrift is lighter than profit, but the world pretends to be frugal to decorate its frugality. A gentleman with a body symbol is a tool for a villain to seek personal gain. What a pity!

Diligent people will attach great importance to strengthening their moral cultivation, but the world only regards diligence as the way to get rid of poverty; Simple people are indifferent to property and interests, but the world uses this as a despicable excuse. It's a pity that the standards used by gentlemen to cultivate themselves are used by villains as tools for personal gain!

We often praise thrift as a good moral habit, but most people just stay on the surface of semantics and don't understand the deep meaning. We work hard, only thinking about getting rid of poverty and getting rich, but neglecting to further polish our morality and conduct in diligence, becoming diligent but too profit-seeking; We advocate thrift, but many people unconsciously become stingy and selfish. Here, the words of the ancients remind the world that we can't just seek superficial efforts and lose our inner meaning, but always pay attention to improving our self-cultivation.