【原文节选】我家既为乡绅,万不可入署说公事,致为官长所鄙薄。即本家有事,情愿吃亏,万不可与人构讼,令官长疑为倚势凌人。【原文释义】我们家既然是乡绅,就千万不要到衙门上去说公事,免得让长官鄙视。若是家中出事,宁可吃亏,也不要与人到衙门去打官司,免得让当地官员觉得我们仗势欺人。 Excerpts from the original】 【my home as a squire, I can not do anything, as the bureaucrats contempt. That is, there are things in our country, and we are willing to suffer losses. [Original interpretation] Since our country squire, do not go to the Yamen to say business, lest the Executive despise. If the accident at home, rather suffer, do not go to the Yamen with lawsuits, so that local officials think we bully.