This sentence comes from Liu Yiqing's Stay in Tao Kan in the Southern Dynasties. The article describes the process of Fan Kui's visit to Tao Kan's family. Although Tao Kan's family is poor, he and his mother still try their best to entertain Fan Kui, which shows that only by treating others sincerely and valuing righteousness over profit can they get praise from others.
Introduction to Tao Kan:
Tao Kan was born in poverty. He was a county magistrate at first, and then gradually became a county magistrate. Yongjia five years, served as Wuchang satrap. In the first year of Jianxing, he was appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou. Guan Zhi Shi Zhong, Qiu, Jingjiang Secretariat, Bazhou Military Commander, Changsha Gong.
Tao Kan put down the uprisings in Chen Min, Du Tao and Zhang Chang, and as commander-in-chief of the allied forces put down the Soviet rebellion, which made great contributions to stabilizing the Eastern Jin regime. He is diligent in official business, and the history of Jingzhou under his rule is called "Tao does not pick up the remains." Later, after the general Guo Moruo killed Liu Yin without authorization, he led the troops to conquer and captured Guo Moruo's father and son with one soldier and one pawn, becoming famous in one fell swoop.
In the ninth year of Xianhe, Tao Kan died at the age of 76. Fu, posthumous title "huan".