1. A gentleman avoids difficulties with frugality.

General idea: A gentleman uses the virtue of frugality to avoid danger.

2. Be diligent in your country and frugal in your family.

General idea: Be diligent in your national career and be frugal in your family life.

3. Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil.

General idea: Frugality is the greatest virtue among good deeds; luxury is the greatest evil among evil deeds.

4. People’s livelihood depends on diligence, but diligence means nothing.

General idea: The livelihood of ordinary people depends on hard work. Only by working hard can there be no shortage of property.

5. Frugality leads to prosperity, while immorality leads to ruin.

The general idea: Frugality will lead to prosperity, while licentiousness and pleasure will lead to ruin.

6. Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved through diligence and frugality, and destruction was achieved through luxury.

General idea: Throughout history, whether it is a country or a family, they all thrive on thrift and fail on extravagance.

7. Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, while leisure can destroy one's life.

Main idea: Worrying about state affairs can make the country prosperous, while pursuing ease and enjoyment can lead to one's own destruction.

8. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

General idea: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is very difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

9. Take it in moderation and use it in moderation, and you will always have enough.

General idea: If you ask for things in a planned way and consume them in a controlled manner, you will always be rich.

10. Only frugality can help integrity, but forgiveness can achieve virtue.

General idea: Only frugality can make people honest and honest, and only tolerance can make people develop good moral character.

11. A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there;

Half a thread, half a strand, always remember the difficulty of material resources.

General idea: Even if it is a piece of porridge or a meal, you should remember that it is not easy to come by; even if it is half a piece of silk or half a thread, you should also think of the hard work.