謂其妻曰：「楹也語，子壯而視之。
Speaking to his wife, he said, “That pillar is my speech.
」及壯發書，書之言曰：「布帛不窮，窮不可飾。
It is for my son to read when he becomes a young man.” When the son came of age, he took out the document.
牛馬不窮，窮不可服。
Its words were as follows: “You must not use up all your plain and fine fabric; if you use it all up, you will have nothing in which to array yourself.
士不可窮，窮不可任。
You must not use up all your cattle and horses; if you use them all up, you will have no animals to tame.
窮乎窮乎，窮也。」
You must not use up all your men-of-service; if you use them all up, you will have no one to assign tasks to.
To use them up and use them up is indeed to be used up!