1. When you sit down to dine with a ruler,carefully consider what is in front of you.
2. Place a knife at your throatto control your appetite.
3. Don’t long for the ruler’s delicacies;the food misleads.
4. Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;be smart enough to stop.
5. When your eyes fly to wealthit is gone; it grows wingslike an eagle and flies heavenward.
6. Don’t eat food with stingy people;don’t long for their delicacies,