Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot bend

Translation Money and status cannot confuse and corrupt oneself, poverty and poverty cannot change one's ambitions, and power and force cannot make one surrender. Betrayal.

Annotation: fornication.

Source: "Mencius: Meng Wen Gong Xia": "Wealth cannot be fornicated, poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be subdued, this is the great man of Wei."

Please refer to Article 024 for the introduction to "Yu Zi".

The background of the excerpt is: Once, a man named Jing Chun had a conversation with Mencius. Jing Chun believed that during the Warring States Period Gongsun Yan, the famous lobbyist of the Wei State, and Zhang Yi, the famous strategist of the Wei State, were able to "make the princes fearful when they are angry, and live in peace while the world is destroyed." They are real men. Mencius said, "How can these people be men?" and then put forward In my own opinion, the three sentences I summarized are what Mencius said about the standard of a man: wealth is envied by people, poverty and lowliness are disgusted by people, and power is feared by people. But being able to remain unmoved by them shows that It embodies a person's noble character of upholding integrity and upholding justice. These neatly arranged sentences are majestic and sonorous. Later, these three sentences became famous sayings about determination and self-discipline, and became the motto of many heroes, heroes, and people with lofty ideals.