貪得者分金恨不得玉 封公怨不受侯 權豪自甘乞丐 知足者黎羹旨於膏粱 布袍煖於狐狢 編民不讓王公 (後 30)

Greedy people lament that they did not get jade even if they shared gold, resent that they did not become dukes even if they were appointed as marquess, and find it still sweet to beg while being wealthy and in power. Those who know satisfaction think that rough vegetable soup tastes better than meat soup, and that rough rags are warmer than expensive fur and leather clothes, so he does not try to change the lives of commoners into the lives of kings. (Book2 30)

To wish, not to wish, to stop wishing, which one is easiest?

Vegetable Root Discourse

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