折疑論 3.8

3.8

though Yuan Xian was poor, he did not abandon his magnificent cap. (Yuan Xian was a man of Lu. Poor and dwelling in a dilapidated hut, he constantly wore his cap. Zigong passed by him and said, 'Are you ill?' Xian said, 'I have heard that lacking wealth is called poverty, while inability to practice the Way is called illness. I am poor; I am not ill.')