original text

Qi is hungry. Qian ao eats for Tao and hunger. Hungry people are invited to gather and trade. Qian Ao ate on the left and drank on the right, saying, "Hey! Come and eat! " Looking up at it, he said, "I only eat the food I get, so I am a stranger!" " "So thank you, finally died without food. Hearing this, Ceng Zi said, "Micro-peace! You can go, thank you. This is edible. "

translate

There was a severe famine in Qi. Qian ao prepares meals for hungry people passing by by the roadside. A hungry man covered his face with sleeves, dragged his shoes, and his eyes came over in a daze. Qian ao took the dish in his left hand and the soup in his right, and said, "Hello! Come and eat! " The hungry man raised his eyebrows and said to him, "It is precisely because I don't eat the food rudely given to me that I am in this situation!" " "Qian ao went up to apologize to him, but he still refused to eat and finally starved to death. Ceng Zi said, "I'm afraid it shouldn't be like this! Qian ao can certainly refuse when he is rude, but he can eat after apologizing. "

reading comprehension

The famous saying "eat whatever you have" comes from this story, which means to show your backbone and never condescend to accept charity from others, even if you starve yourself to death. Hungry people don't eat Qian Ao's food because Qian Ao is arrogant and regards the poor as pigs and dogs, and his charity is degrading. The tradition in China attaches great importance to being a man with backbone. In layman's terms, people can't live without breath, even if they are bitter. There are some similar sayings, for example, it is better to die than to be poor, and people live a face and trees live a skin ... all these show the importance of integrity, dignity and spirit. Even today, this traditional concept still has its value and rationality. Between human spirit and body, between spiritual pursuit and material pursuit, between human dignity and servility, the former is higher and heavier than the latter. If you can't have it both ways, you'd rather give up the latter and sacrifice the latter than make yourself a walking corpse and a devil incarnate. The reason why people are people, not walking dead, is probably the difference here.