The rich start with small things and plan carefully, while the poor do not plan or calculate.

Hesheng

Interpretation: The ancient unit of measurement for measuring grain. Ten is a liter and ten is a barrel.

Source: Hu Zude's "Shanghai Proverbs" Volume: The rich rise from the rise, and the poor never count. So people are advised to be frugal. "

The whole sentence is: from being rich, poverty does not count. It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal.

Interpretation: Rich family wealth is accumulated bit by bit, while poor families are mostly caused by lack of careful calculation. It is very easy to change from a frugal habit to enjoying a luxurious life, but it is not easy to change to a frugal habit by spending money recklessly.

Extended data:

Many contents in Augmented Xianwen reflect feudal ethics and even have obvious feudal superstition and fatalism.

Part of the content is individual-centered, which reflects the selfish thoughts that existed at that time. Some of them reflect the ordinary citizens' mentality of muddling along, being timid, and keeping their own place, as well as their negative life philosophy of avoiding disasters and being tired of the world under the social system at that time and even today. Some of them were correct reflections of social phenomena at that time, but they have lost the significance of reference today.

There are also some contents that are vague or have only one-sided truth, and if they are not understood correctly, they will become mistakes. These are not in line with the spirit of the times. We should adopt a critical attitude when reading, carefully examine the sublation, criticize the inheritance, absorb its nutrients, and make the past serve the present.

As the saying goes, "you can speak after reading augmented, and you can walk the world after reading kindergarten." Augmentation is "augmenting the virtuous literature". Kindergarten is "Kindergarten Qionglin".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-augmented virtuous literature