What does it mean to be unrighteous and rich and expensive, like clouds to me ?

Zi said: "Wealth and nobility are what people want; Not by what is obtained by virtue Not by what is obtained by what is not obtained: It means that it is not obtained by virtue. , nowhere also. Poverty and cheapness are the evil of people; If you don't get it by its way, you won't go. A gentleman goes to benevolence, evil is fame A gentleman goes to benevolence, evil is fame:

If a gentleman loses his benevolence, he can still be called a gentleman. This sentence continues from the previous text, which means that the reason why a gentleman is a gentleman lies in his benevolence; If you covet wealth and wealth regardless of morality and dislike the poor, you will be "unkind" and you will not be called a gentleman. 〕。

There is no end food for a gentleman The end of the meal: the time for a meal. Violations:

Turn your back, leave. Benevolence, the time must be then, the time must be made The time must be then, the time must be then, the time must be then: it means that when you are in a hurry, you must not lose your benevolence, and you must not lose your benevolence when you are displaced.

Make times, hurry. Yes, it refers to benevolence. 〕。

Liren) Zi said: "Rich and: if." It can be sought, although the person who carries the whip The person who holds the whip: the person who drives the chariot and horse for others. This refers to some lowly occupations. , and I do it too. If you can't ask for it, do what I like. (Narrative).

Zi said: "Rice: Eat."

Loose Eating Loose Food: Rough food. , Drinking water, curling humerus and pillow of Qu humerus (gōng) and pillow:

Bend over your arms and pill it. , and the joy is also in it. Unrighteous wealth and nobility are like floating clouds to me.

Zi said: "A gentleman seeks a way but does not seek food; Ploughing is also in it; Learning, Lu is in it, cultivation is also in it, and discouragement is in it; Learning, Lu is in the middle of farming, and there are times when he starves; Learn (Tao), you can also get Yulu. A gentleman is not worried about poverty. (Wei Linggong).

If it weren't for the wealth obtained through legitimate means, it would be like a floating cloud to me, and it was not worth nostalgia.

The money obtained by unfair means is like a cloud to me.

Righteousness means morality, wealth means wealth, nobility means power, floating clouds mean clouds floating in the sky, and the meaning of this sentence is: the glory and wealth obtained by improper means are just a floating cloud in the sky for me, meaningless. From the Analects of Confucius, the original text is excerpted below:

Zi said: "Eat loosely, drink water, bend the humerus and pillow, and enjoy it." Unrighteous wealth and nobility are like floating clouds to me. ”

Translation: Confucius said, "Eating whole grains, drinking plain water, and sleeping with your arms bent as pillows will also have fun." Gaining wealth and dignity by improper means is like a cloud in the sky to me. ”

Righteousness: Morality.

Rich: Rich. Expensive: Qian Fuyun: The clouds floating in the sky are just the meaning of nothing.

1. "Unrighteous wealth and nobility are like floating clouds to me."

It means that everyone has the heart to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and no one is avoidable, but if you want to go to poverty and lowliness and seek wealth, you must take the right path, and under the premise of "righteousness", "if you don't get it by its way, you can't get it; If you don't get it by its way, you won't go. Don't be too greedy, those who are desperate and use improper means to obtain property seem to be "rich", but in fact they have planted a curse for themselves.

2. Floating clouds: metaphors for things that are not worth caring about, things that are insignificant.