淫賤不能移

富貴不能淫，貧賤不能移，威武不能屈。
　　【出處】《孟子·滕文公下》。
　　【大意】富貴不能使心志迷亂，貧賤不能使節操改變，武力不能使人格屈服。
　　【提示】一個人能否抵禦各種名利的誘惑，可以看出他是否具有堅定的意志。意志堅定的人，可以戰勝各種威脅利誘，義無反顧地向自己的目標前進。上面這幾句話是孟子在與別人辯論什麼叫做「大丈夫」時提出的做人準則。我國歷史上這種「大丈夫」很多，西漢時的蘇武就是其中一個。漢武帝時他奉命出使匈奴國，匈奴國首領脅迫他投降，先用畜群、財富、官位等條件引誘他，不成之後又罰他到極其艱苦的偏遠地方牧羊，斷絕他的飲食來源，企圖用艱苦貧困的生活迫使他就範。蘇武威武不屈、貧賤不移，也不為富貴所誘惑，在匈奴國被囚１９年，始終保持節操。後來，他終於回到漢朝。
　　窮則獨善其身，達則兼善天下。

Wealth cannot be lascivious, inferiority cannot be moved, and mightyness cannot be bent.

[Source] "Mencius Teng Wengong".

[Believing] wealth can not make the mind confused, barrenness can not make the festival change, force can not make the personality yield.

[Hint] Whether a person can resist the temptation of various fame and fortune can see whether he has a firm will. A determined person can overcome all kinds of threats and induce them to move toward their goals. The above words are the guidelines for Mencius when he argues with others about what is called "the big man." There are many such "big men" in the history of our country, and Su Wu in the Western Han Dynasty was one of them. When Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was ordered to send the Huns, the leader of the Huns forced him to surrender. He first used the herd, wealth, and official positions to lure him. After he failed, he was punished for extremely difficult and remote places to shepherd sheep and cut off his diet. Using hard and poor life forced him to submit. Su Wu is unyielding, infertile, and not tempted by wealth. He was imprisoned for 19 years in the Xiongnu country and always maintained his exercise. Later, he finally returned to the Han Dynasty.

If you are poor, you will be good at it, and you will be good at the world.

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