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The ancients refused to abolish famous sayings and epigrams.
1, people eat for the sky. -Sima Qian, historian, thinker and writer of the Western Han Dynasty, Biography of Li Sheng and Lu Jia.

Refers to the most important and fundamental dependence. This sentence is also called "Food is the most important thing for the people" (see Ban Gu's Hanshu Shi Lichuan). The general idea of this sentence is that people regard eating as the most important thing. You have to eat if you live. Food is the most important and fundamental means of livelihood to maintain people's lives, and it is indispensable for a moment, so it is referred to as heaven in the sentence.

2. Who knew the Chinese food on the plate was hard? -Two Ancient Poems by Li Shen, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.

Who knows that the food and grains on the plate are all obtained through hard work? The poem consists of four sentences, the first two of which are "weeding at noon, sweating down the soil", describing the difficulty of farmers' farming.

3. Build high walls to accumulate grain. -Minister ZQQ's Biography of Ming History and Zhu Sheng.

The general idea of these two sentences is: if the city wall is built high and the grain and grass are widely accumulated, it will be invincible. When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Huizhou, Zhu Sheng was recommended to Zhu Yuanzhang.

4. Food is the life of the whole people and the treasure of the country. ? -the northern Wei agronomist Jia Sixie's "Qi Yao Min Shu Za Shuo"

Food is the life of the people in the world and the treasure of the country. "Food is the most important thing for people", and food is an indispensable thing for human survival. China has a fine tradition of cherishing food since ancient times, and these two sentences are still cautionary aphorisms.

5, the husband is a big life in the world. If there are more millet and more money, why not? -Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Hanshu Shihuo Ji"

The general idea of these words is that saving reserves is the lifeblood of a country. If there are a lot of grain reserves and there are still miscellaneous things left, what can't be done?

6. Therefore, Yao and Yu have had nine years of water and seven years of drought. If the state does not donate barren land, it will prepare more livestock. -Chao Cuo, a political commentator in the Western Han Dynasty, "On Your Millet"

Yao and Yu suffered from floods for nine years, and Shang Tang suffered from droughts for seven years. However, their countries did not suffer from famine and extinction because of floods and droughts. This is because he has stored a lot of food, so he has made full preparations in advance.