家貧故不用籌算,官冷又能無外憂。
交遊斷絕正當爾,眠飯安穩餘何求。
君不見黃金滿籝要心計,大印如鬥為身讎。
妻孥意氣賓客附,往往主人先白頭。
家貧故不用籌算,官冷又能無外憂。
交遊斷絕正當爾,眠飯安穩餘何求。
君不見黃金滿籝要心計,大印如鬥為身讎。
妻孥意氣賓客附,往往主人先白頭。
家境貧寒,所以用不著算計謀劃;
官職清冷,又能沒有外來的憂患。
與朋友交往斷絕,正該如此;
睡眠安穩,飲食無憂,我還有什麼可求的?
您沒看見嗎,黃金滿箱需要費盡心機,
大印如鬥反而成為自身的仇敵。
妻子兒女意氣揚揚,賓客趨附,
往往主人卻先白了頭髮。
Being poor, I need no counting or schemes;
My post is cold, yet free from outward care.
Cut off from social ties, it's just as well;
With sound sleep and steady meals, what more to ask?
Don't you see gold filling baskets demands cunning,
And a seal large as a dipper becomes a personal foe?
When wife and children put on airs and guests flock,
Often the master's hair turns white first.
在物質匱乏中實現精神自治,是一種主動的生存博弈。
以自嘲口吻寫家貧官冷而無俗務纏身的閒適,流露安貧樂道之思。
本詩為七言古詩,押平聲韻。
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