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依照

身分

往下来说

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.

　　这一章讲衣着方面要注意的事情。首先还是强调衣物的摆放要整洁有序，不要随随便便，邋邋遢遢的。在有限的存放空间里，我们如何把四季应用的衣物摆放整齐，而又方便取用，这是一门书本上都学不到的经济学。

　　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.

　　你或者会说﹕「为什么我们谈着道德的培养，却又牵扯上经济学呢？」好似注重道德的人，不应该讲究经济，太世俗了！这你就错了。真正有道者，是珍惜人力物命，十分注重经济效益的。我们如果能这样做，一则已延续了衣物的使用寿命；二则可提升衣物的外观价值；三则又绝对会节省下每日的更衣时间；这不就是经济学所强调的经济效益吗？那么一个懂得生活质量的有道之士，又怎能忽略这种经济效益呢？

　　"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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