| 释义 |
衣食足而后知荣辱 | yī shí zú ér hòu zhī róng rǔ | Only after clothes and food are enough, one knows honour and shame. (literal) • Well fed, well bred. • The belly hates a long sermon. • An empty sack cannot stand upright. [同义] 民以食为天 Bread is the staff of life.
《史记·管晏列传》：“仓廪实而知礼节，衣食足而知荣辱。”参看“衣食足而后礼义兴”、“衣食足而后知礼义”。 |