本篇的意思是,有个胡子稀疏的人让相面先生相面,相面先生说:“尊相虽不十分富有,也不十分贫穷。”那个人问:“凭什么这样说?”相面先生回答说:“看你的胡须,比上不足,比下有余。”
《笑林广记·稀胡子》
一稀胡子要相面,相士云:“尊相虽不大富,亦不到贫。”胡者云:“何以见得?”相士曰:“看公之须,比上不足,比下有余。”
A man with a thin beard went to see a fortune-teller. The fortune-teller said to him: “Though you are not very wealthy, you are not extremely poor.” The man asked: “Why is it so?” He replied: “Judging by your beard, it is not up to those above, but above those below.”
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