Since "diligence and thrift" have always been regarded as an heirloom of the Chinese nation, there are many wonderful discussions on diligence and thrift in ancient books and classics, folk proverbs, and quotes from historical celebrities:

" A porridge and a meal should be remembered for the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always thinking about the difficulty of material resources."

This famous sentence in Zhu Bailu's "Zhu Xi's Family Governance Motto" of the Ming Dynasty should be engraved on everyone forever. of brain.

"Looking at the countries and families of the past dynasties, success is due to diligence and frugality, and failure is due to luxury."

This poem by Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty's graceful school, is not "graceful", but sums up frugality in one sentence of great significance to the country and the family. King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was in the meat forest wine pool. He smiled at Daji, his favored concubine, and did not hesitate to tear up thousands of silks, and the Yin Dynasty was destroyed. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal to Jiangdu to watch Qionghua, and exhausted the people's power to build a palace, causing three troubles. Sixteen roads of smoke and dust, seventy-two families rebelled against the king; the Queen Mother of the Western Qing Dynasty paid a thousand taels of silver for a meal, and "measured the material resources of China and the joy of the country", how could the people not rebel, how could the Qing Dynasty not be destroyed?

As for the Communist General Fang Zhimin, he handled millions of dollars, but his property only consisted of a few sweatshirts and torn socks; the brave and capable anti-Japanese general Zuo Quan, with a " The story of "The General Mending Shoes" has become a favorite; Xiang Jingyu also handed down a "large porcelain bowl" to future generations.

“If you use it properly, you will spend a thousand dollars; if you don’t use it, you will spend nothing.”

Li Ka-shing once said, “If you ask me to spend 100 million immediately, I will not change my expression. But. If anyone drops a penny on the ground, I will pick it up immediately.” But in real life, we have seen too many examples of the opposite: there are people who show off their wealth and show off their wealth, and there are people who are stingy and mean when they should spend money wisely. For example, they can spend a lot of money on food, drink, entertainment, whoring, gambling, and gambling, but they are timid and cut corners on cultural and educational consumption, building bridges and roads, and alleviating the poor. Secretary Wanyuan of Sichuan, who wears the hat of poverty and uses huge amounts of public funds to chase stars, is a good example. In addition, image projects and shoddy projects emerge one after another, which not only destroys production, wastes people and money, and even endangers the lives and safety of the people!

"A piece of coal is not too much, a thousand pieces of coal are piled up into a slope; a drop of oil is not too much, the little bits and pieces join together to form a river."

It is not unknown, but a drop of oil is not too much. Quite a shock. If each person saves 1 penny per day, the 1.3 billion Chinese people across the country can save 13 million, which is about 5 billion a year, and 5,000 hope schools can be built, and nearly 10 million out-of-school children can return to school. . This shows how important advocating diligence and frugality is to a large country.

Although China is a big country, the following set of data is enough to show that China is still a poor country: there are still nearly 30 million poor people in the country, 11 million subsistence allowance recipients and hundreds of millions of migrant workers. Their living conditions I believe everyone should be familiar with poverty. The basic national conditions of a large population and a weak foundation determine that we must be diligent and thrifty in all undertakings. "A country gains by frugality and loses by extravagance."

Frugality is not only of great benefit to the country and the family, but is also closely related to personal gains and losses. For example: "Frugality can lead to a family, frugality can lead to a good life." Wang Anshi once said, "After all the luxury and success, there will be both happiness and peace of mind, as well as disaster." But there are times when greed cannot be defeated by these warnings. Wang Baosen, Cheng Kejie, Hu Changqing, Li Zhen and others are all the leaders of arrogance and extravagance. If they could learn from Zhuge Kongming, the sage of Shu, "quietly cultivate oneself, be thrifty" "To cultivate virtue", how did it end up like this? In the same way, "The Biography of the Concubines" in the history of the Ming Dynasty said: "Pride and indulgence arise from extravagance, and danger arises from triviality." Xu Rong in the Qing Dynasty said: "The ragged feet and bodies in the streets and temples are half of the extravagant people of the past." They all pointed out from the negative side. Understand the dangers of extravagance and waste and the importance of frugality.

Diligence and thrift are not stingy, but a civilization that should be widely passed on