It is not easy to think about a porridge and a meal; It is difficult to keep thinking about material resources. [Qing] Zhu Yongchun
When weeding at noon, sweat dripped down the soil. Who knows that every meal is hard?
Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality. Zhuge Liang's Classic Poems in the Three Kingdoms Period
Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant. Li shangyin
Poetry about thrift-from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift. Sima Guang (Northern Song Dynasty)
Thrift and simplicity are human virtues. Xue Xuan (Ming)
Li Ming
"If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand it."
-The Analects of Confucius. Jishi "
The meaning of a gentleman is benevolence, courtesy: the benevolent loves others, and the courtesy respects others. Those who love others will always love others, and those who respect others will always respect others.
-Mencius: "Mencius Li Lou"
Courtesy is reciprocated. It is impolite to leave without coming. It is impolite to come instead of going.
-The Book of Rites. On Quli
Love one's country
Chang' an fell, the country was broken, and only the mountains and rivers remained; Spring has come, and the sparsely populated Chang' an city is densely forested. -Du Fu's Hope for Spring
Only the battlefields where countries die, why do they die in boots? -Xu Xilin's "Plug"
Strong women in business don't know how to hate their country, but they still sing backyard flowers across the river. -Du Mu's Bo Qinhuai
Selfishness, the country's survival, schadenfreude, should be avoided! Exile is just the kindness of the king, and it is just right to keep humble and die. -Lin Zexu, "Going to the garrison to show the family, the second"