..續本文上一頁: 10pt; font-FAMILY: 新細明體; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-TOP: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 15px">往上來說

依照

身分

往下來說

配合，衡量

家境

above (first)

to accord with

one”s status or position

below (next)

to suit, to match

the financial condition of a family

首先要符合自己的身分，其次要衡量自己的家境。

　　What we wear should reflect common sense and not go beyond our budget.

　　這一章講衣著方面要注意的事情。首先還是強調衣物的擺放要整潔有序，不要隨隨便便，邋邋遢遢的。在有限的存放空間裏，我們如何把四季應用的衣物擺放整齊，而又方便取用，這是一門書本上都學不到的經濟學。

　　This section discusses the points we need to pay attention to with regard to clothing. First of all, it emphasizes that we should put our clothes away in a neat and orderly fashion, and not be sloppy or messy. Making the most efficient use of limited closet space to organize clothing for the four seasons neatly and yet allowing clothes to be taken out conveniently, is a lesson in economics that isn”t found in any book.

　　你或者會說﹕「爲什麼我們談著道德的培養，卻又牽扯上經濟學呢？」好似注重道德的人，不應該講究經濟，太世俗了！這你就錯了。真正有道者，是珍惜人力物命，十分注重經濟效益的。我們如果能這樣做，一則已延續了衣物的使用壽命；二則可提升衣物的外觀價值；叁則又絕對會節省下每日的更衣時間；這不就是經濟學所強調的經濟效益嗎？那麼一個懂得生活質量的有道之士，又怎能忽略這種經濟效益呢？

　　"We”re supposed to be talking about cultivation of virtue; what does that have to do with economics

　　" you might ask, thinking that people who value virtue aren”t supposed to be concerned with such a worldly matter as economics! You”re wrong on that one. People who truly understand the Way will cherish people”s energy and want objects to last long; they are very concerned with economics. If we can practice in this way, then first of all our clothes will last longer, second of …

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