It should be Chen Yi who said:

It comes from "Ode to History" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty. The original poem is: Looking back at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was due to diligence and frugality, and failure was due to luxury. There is no need for amber to be a pillow, nor for a pearl to be a chariot. There is no Qinghai horse when transporting, and it is difficult to pull out the Shushan snake if you are poor. Several people have pre-recorded the music of Nan Xun, and finally the blue sky and green trees weep for the green flowers.

"Looking at many things in ancient and modern times, the successes were caused by frugality and the failures were caused by extravagance" is the activation of Li Shangyin's "Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, the successes were caused by diligence and frugality, and the failures were caused by extravagance".

From 1954, Vice Premier Chen Yi wrote a series of poems called "Sentiments and Feelings" after attending the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. "Seven Ancients? No Hands Can Reach" is one of them. The last four sentences of "Seven Ancients? Don't Stretch Your Hands": "Don't boast even a little bit, for pride and complacency will lead to overturning. I have seen many things in ancient and modern times, and the success is from humility and the failure is from extravagance."

This poem by Li Shangyin is poetic. The first two sentences of the poem summarize historical experience and point out the lessons of ancient monarchs in governing the country. Success is mainly due to diligence and frugality, while luxury leads to ruin. It is also called "Success comes from diligence and frugality, failure comes from luxury".

Chen Yi’s poetry can inspire and warn people at that time, now and in the future. We read it often and think about it. If we often cultivate the virtues of politics, always think about the harm of greed, always have a heart of self-discipline, and truly withstand the test of power, money, and beauty, we can avoid detours and wrong paths in life. , Don’t go down the road of failure or death.