This Chinese proverb discusses the limitations of money and what it can and cannot buy. It states that while money can purchase material things like a house, clock, bed, books, medical care, and goods, it cannot buy more meaningful non-material things that people truly need, such as a home, time, sleep, knowledge, health, life, happiness, love, or a soul. The proverb concludes by saying that while money cannot buy the author, it can be used to travel and meet them.