1. Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was due to diligence and frugality, and failure was due to extravagance. ——Li Shangyin from "Ode to History"
Translated as: Wise kings and countries in the past dynasties succeeded because of hard work and thrift, and failed because of luxury.
2. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Source: Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty, "Exercise thrift and show well-being".
Translation: It is easy to switch from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to switch from luxury to frugality. It means that once luxury becomes a habit, it is very difficult to correct it.
3. Stay calm to cultivate your character, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue. ——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments"
Translation: Rely on inner peace and concentration to cultivate body and mind, and rely on frugal style to cultivate moral character.
4. Poverty and a clean and simple life are exactly where we revolutionaries can overcome many difficulties! ——Fang Zhimin's "Yearbook"
5. Those who are extravagant are in ruins and those who are frugal are safe. One evil and one good are in front of you. ——Bai Juyi Source: Vast Grass - Punishment for a Rich Burial
Translation: Simple people and luxurious people each have their own reward.
6. Civil servants do not love money, military ministers are willing to die, and the world is peaceful. [Song Dynasty] Yue Fei
Translated as: Civil servants are honest and upright, and military generals fight to the death to serve the country, so that the country can be at peace.
7. Looking back at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved through diligence and frugality, and failure was caused by extravagance. [Tang Dynasty] Li Shangyin's "Ode to History"
Translated as: Looking at the experiences and lessons of sages and sages in the past dynasties in governing the country and family, success is due to diligence and frugality, and failure is due to luxury.
8. To nourish the heart, don’t be good at having few desires. [Warring States] Mencius?
Translated as: The best way to cultivate one's moral character is to reduce all kinds of desires.
9. Gong begets enlightenment, and integrity begets prestige. [Qing Dynasty] Li Xing's "Xi Ceng Wai Ji·Bing Yan"
Translated as: Officials who are dedicated to the public service and do things fairly will be clear-sighted; if they are honest and honest, they will establish prestige.
10. If you are greedy for your master, your country will be ruined; if you are greedy for your ministers, your body will be ruined. [Tang Dynasty] Wu Jing's "Zhenguan Politicians: Greed"
Translated as: As the leader of a country, if you are greedy and extravagant without knowing it, you will lose your country; as a minister, if you are greedy, you will be killed. disaster.
Extended information
As China's economic and social development enters a new historical stage, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has clearly proposed that building a conservation-oriented society means to build a conservation-oriented society in social production, construction, circulation, All areas of consumption, in all aspects of economic and social development.
Effectively protect and rationally utilize various resources, improve resource utilization efficiency, and obtain maximum economic and social benefits with the least possible resource consumption. This is a major decision of overall and strategic nature related to my country's economic and social development and the rise and fall of the Chinese nation.
The Party Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to the huge waste phenomenon that exists in China's economic development process, especially in production activities. As early as the Third Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held in 1995, the strategic requirements for achieving two fundamental changes in "economic growth mode" and "economic system" were put forward.
In October 2003, the Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. This plenary session clearly put forward the requirements of the scientific development concept of "adhering to people-oriented and establishing a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept" .
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