What does it mean that the ancients often said, "Laugh at the poor and don't laugh at prostitutes, and help the poor without saving the poor"?

In fact, there is the second half of this sentence, which is rarely mentioned. He just "saves the poor". What does this sentence mean? To put it simply, prostitution is not what we simply understand. In ancient times, it meant thieves and prostitutes. And the final poverty does not mean poverty. The so-called poverty is actually exhausted at the end. The original intention of this sentence is that people in the world always laugh at the poor and envy the rich, but they never care about the origin of the money, whether it is legitimate income or prostitutes. And helping others can only alleviate his urgent needs, but there is no way to meet his endless needs.

The first half of these two sentences is full of criticism, but now people generally have another view. People think that the reason of poverty is that one does not work hard. In fact, even if a woman is reduced to a brothel, she still earns money on her own every day. But the poor cry all day, but never go out to earn money. They cry more and more poor, but they still can't do anything. That's why people do this.

The second half sentence is a warning. For a short example, when you give someone a relief at a critical moment, this person will thank you for your life, and maybe he will be a noble person in your life in the future. On the other hand, if you think a beggar is pitiful, give him some money to solve today's livelihood problem. Whether he is a beggar or not, he will think that he can get money in this way, so he may never do anything, or even beg from you alone. If you don't give him money, he may even resent you, be grateful to you, and even cause your life crisis.

In fact, it can be seen from the meaning of the ancients that the poor are not necessarily lazy, and lazy people are bound to be poor, so they may help the poor who encounter emergencies in their daily lives and will not laugh at them. But the ancients certainly looked down on those poor lazy people who didn't go back to work hard. A liter of rice saved the country and a bucket of rice raised the enemy, which is what it means.