“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a wicked son destroy a whole family.”
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Whores depend on a man's wealth, subjects on the king, and birds on a tree full of fruits; so everybody looks to his own interest.
Even a learned man comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.