general idea: a gentleman uses frugal virtue to avoid danger.
2. Be diligent in the country and frugal at home.
general idea: be diligent in national undertakings and frugal in family life.
3. frugality is the virtue of virtue; Waste is great evil.
general idea: frugality is a great virtue in good deeds; Luxury is the greatest evil among evils.
4. People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not scarce.
general idea: the livelihood of ordinary people lies in hard work, and only by hard work will property not be lacking.
5. frugality leads to prosperity, while fornication leads to death.
general idea: frugality will prosper, while lewdness and pleasure will perish.
6. When weeding is at noon, sweat drops down the soil.
but every grain of Chinese food is hard.
general idea: the farmer hoed the grain in the scorching sun at noon, and the drops of sweat fell into the soil where the seedlings were growing. Who knows that every meal on the plate is so hard-earned?
7. Looking back at the sages' countries and families in the past, it became a matter of thrift and extravagance.
general idea: throughout history, from countries to families, all of them were thrifty and died of extravagance.
8. Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, while leisure can lead to death.
general idea: worrying about working hard for state affairs can make the country prosperous, while pursuing ease and enjoyment can lead to its own demise.
9. It's easy to be frugal and difficult to be frugal.
general idea: it is easy to change from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality.
1, take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough.
general idea: take it in a planned way and spend it in moderation, and you will always be rich.
11. Only frugality can help honesty, but forgiveness can become virtue.
general idea: only thrift can make people honest and upright, and only tolerance can make people develop good moral character.
12, a porridge and a meal, when thinking is not easy;
it's hard to keep thinking about things.
General idea: Even if it is a porridge or a meal, you should think that it is not easy to come; Even if it is half a silk or half a thread, we should also think of the hardships of labor.