Why is there an old saying that "if you are poor, you will never leave your relatives, and if you are rich, you will never return home"?

As the saying goes, "if you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer." There is some truth in what the ancestors said, and it is still worth learning. Today, we will say a common saying, "If you are poor, you will never leave your relatives, and if you are rich, you will never return to your hometown", which shows human nature.

This sentence comes from China's ancient children's bibliography "Augmented Xianwen". The original words are: don't ask the poor in downtown, the rich have distant relatives in the mountains; Look at the wine on the table and persuade the rich first. People are poor and close to their relatives, and rich and close to each other; Put a begging stick in front of the door to keep relatives and friends away. The literal meaning of this sentence is: if you are poor, you will not go back to your hometown.

In our impression, rural people are very simple and the neighborhood relationship is also very harmonious. However, it is always inseparable from a practical problem. This society is a material society, and so is the countryside. Whether in ancient times or in modern times, poverty and prosperity are topics that people can never avoid. Poverty and wealth directly divide human communication into a social circle. Generally speaking, the gap between the rich and the poor is the same, and communication between people will be more sincere.

If you are poor and don't leave your relatives, it is best not to leave your relatives when you are poor. When a person is facing poverty, it is best not to visit relatives and friends. If there is no good opportunity, then your sudden visit is likely to be a trouble to others. In their eyes, your visit was just "nothing went wrong."

And most importantly, when you encounter setbacks in life, most of them are people who hit people when they are down. Visiting them at this time will only show them jokes.

If you have money, you won't go back to your hometown. Some people also say that it is best not to go back to your hometown if you have money. In fact, this is also a weakness of human nature. When people return to their hometown when they have money, there will be an endless stream of people coming to cling to and curry favor with them, and such people are generally villains who follow the trend. You say whether you will help or not, so you'd better not go back to China if you have money, or you'll ask for trouble and add trouble.

Therefore, the words of the ancestors are very reasonable and realistic. Poor people don't ask in downtown, but rich people have distant relatives in the mountains. The reality of general human nature is the most chilling.