| 1 | Nowadays people are lured by sensual pleasures, prestige, wealth, and power. | |
| 2 | Me, Zi Gong is no more than a vulgar fellow who bustle around for the fame and interest. | |
| 3 | No doubt Bacon could have done better if he had been less concerned with worldly success. | |
| 4 | The joy is of spiritual freedom and it transcends the secular fame and gain, and the embarrassment of mundane life. | |
| 5 | People seeking fame and wealth are sure to live an exhausting life because they cares too much about others people's judgement on them. |