? Therefore, cultivating oneself for health and studying for Ming Dow are the origins of this cultivation and reading, but later generations are vainly pursuing wealth. Clothes cover the body and food fills the hunger. This kind of food and clothing is also practical, and people at that time used it to show their luxury.
-"Night Talk Around the Furnace"
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? Don't pursue anything deliberately. Farming is to meet the needs of survival, and reading is to enrich the mind, cultivate the body and nourish the soul, so as to develop healthily. If you study for fame and fortune, it will deviate from the original purpose and become a purely profit-making behavior.
? Clothes can cover the body, food can wrap the stomach, and food and clothing are only to meet the basic survival and aesthetic needs of human beings. However, some people regard food and clothing as a means to show off their wealth, show their ability and status, and think that they are very stylish, but they are actually manifestations of spiritual emptiness and self-restraint.