Before understanding the meaning of this sentence, let's look at a story.
According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius had a disciple named Yanhui , Shandong Qufu people. Since the age of thirteen, he has worshipped Confucius as a teacher and devoted himself to research.
Confucius
Among the many students of Confucius, Yan Huihui was poor, loyal and introverted, and a little dull. At that time, many students in the school looked down on him, and sometimes even suspected that he was the one who lost something. What Yan Hui took, from time to time he would say bad things about Yan Hui to Confucius. In fact, it also contained jealousy towards Yan Hui. After all, among all the disciples in the school, Confucius valued Yan Hui very much, so in Confucius' mind, I don't believe that Yan Hui is such a person.
Once, in order to test Yan Hui's character, Confucius intentionally wrapped a piece of gold in paper and put it on the only way for Yan Hui to go home, and wrote a line of small characters on the paper "God bestows Yan Hui with a piece of gold." Jin", observed not far away after finishing.
Yan Hui
Yan Hui was walking home when he suddenly kicked something under his feet and felt very hard. Out of curiosity, he bent down and picked it up and opened the paper package to see that it was a piece of gold, and There was still a line of small characters left. After Yan Hui read it, he took out his pen one by one and wrote a line of small characters on the paper, "Foreign wealth does not give life to the poor."
Afterwards, Confucius admired Yan Hui's character and knowledge even more. This is the saying: God bestows face with an ingot of gold, but foreign wealth does not give life to the poor.
In the years that followed, Yan Hui accompanied Confucius to travel around the six countries, and never entered an official career.
The meaning of this sentence is: To be a human being, first of all, you must be of good character, and you should not be greedy for temporary gain. Wealth needs to be created through one's own efforts. As the saying goes, it is not a blessing to lose a horse. Foreign wealth is not earned by one's own hard work, and it is easy to provoke right and wrong.
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