If you are rich, you will benefit the world; if you are poor, you will be good to yourself. It means: when you are successful, you should work hard to benefit the world, which means that all the people can benefit. When you are unsuccessful, you should take good care of your own moral cultivation. The original sentence is "If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world." It comes from Mencius's "Jinxin Zhangju".

Original text:

Said: "If you respect virtue and love righteousness, you can be arrogant. Therefore, a wise man will not lose his righteousness if he is poor, and he will not deviate from the Tao if he reaches great heights. He will not lose his righteousness if he is poor, so a wise man will gain himself. If you achieve success, you will not be disappointed. If you achieve success, you will benefit the people; if you fail to achieve success, you will be able to cultivate yourself and benefit the world."

Translation:

Mencius said: "If you advocate virtue and love righteousness, you can be content with nothing. Therefore, when a scholar is poor, he will not lose his righteousness, and when he is ambitious, he will not deviate from the Tao. When he is poor, he will not lose his righteousness, so he can maintain One's own integrity; when one is successful, he does not deviate from the Tao, so he will not disappoint the people.

In ancient times, when he was successful, he gave kindness to the people; when he was unsuccessful, he cultivated his moral character and lived in poverty. When you succeed in your own good nature, you must keep the good nature of the people in the world."

Analysis: "I have a dream", this is what many people have said, or at least have thought about it in their hearts. , but whether it is our birth background, education level, or our own personality and other factors, we have many difficulties on the road to realizing our dreams. We need to overcome various difficulties and obstacles and go through all kinds of painful tempering in life before we can grasp a glimmer of it. hope, sometimes I feel that the dawn of hope is far, far away from me.

As a result, we often have a deep desire, hoping that we are God's favorite and can realize our wishes immediately like cheating, but it is useless. This is called failure.

In order to escape the inner pain, people may seek shortcuts. When everything seems to be close at hand, their hearts will inevitably be shaken, and they will do something that they are not ashamed of, and even go to the point of no return. At this time, we must stick to the inner truth, take good care of our own moral cultivation, and never forget our original intention, so that we can always achieve success. This is called "if you are poor, you must be good at yourself."

As an old saying goes: "Follow the way of heaven." "Those who go against the way of heaven will surely fail even if they succeed." If what you do is in line with the way of heaven, even if it is small at the beginning, it will definitely become bigger and bigger. If it is not in line with the way of heaven, even if you spend all your efforts Even if your mind is made, it will collapse in an instant. Is that the outcome you want to see?

If you succeed one day, you must have a "take it from the people and use it for the people"? With a heart full of people's livelihood, to benefit the people of one place, Laozi said: "Be born without having something, do without relying on it, and succeed without living." I just can't live here, so I won't leave."

In short, "If you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. "In the days of waiting, study hard, specialize in your art, be humble, and cultivate your virtues. When the time comes, you will flourish and benefit the world.