折疑論 3.180

3.180

苟衣食之不足。而道業將就廢也（諺語云。人無根本水食為命苟者誠也。誠若人無衣食。而必絕乎身命也。身命既絕道業豈不廢乎）。

If clothing and food are insufficient, the endeavors of the Way will end up abandoned (a common proverb says: "Man has no roots; water and food are his life." Gǒu means "truly"; truly, if a person has no clothing and food, his body and life will surely be cut off; once the body and life are cut off, how could the endeavors of the Way not be abandoned?).