Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?
-Li Shen's "Compassion for Farmers"
At noon, farmers were weeding in the scorching sun, and sweat dripped into the soil where the seedlings grew. Who knew that every meal on the plate was so hard-won?
Li Shen.
Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die. —— Ouyang Xiu
General idea: I am worried that working hard on national affairs will make the country prosper, while pursuing ease and enjoyment will lead to my own demise.
It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. -Sima Guang
It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to thrift.
Looking at the countries and families of the sages of the past, they turned from frugality to extravagance. -Li Shangyin's "Ode to Histories"
-Li Shangyin
Look at the sages and families in the past, some frugal and some extravagant.
-(Tang) Li Shangyin
Diligence is the foundation of family management; Heshun, the foundation of home; Caution is the foundation of protecting the family; Poetry, the foundation of entrepreneurship; Loyalty and filial piety are the foundation of family heirlooms.
-(Qing) Jin Ying
The first and second generations of ancient and modern officials declined; Hard-working businessmen continue for three or four generations; Qin Pu Gengjia continued for five or six generations; And Kenshin's filial piety has reached the eighth and ninth generations.
-Excerpts from books
Take farming and reading as the foundation and diligence as the virtue.
-(Ming) Shi Naian
Gold has no seeds, only thrifty families.
-Excerpts from books
You are a proletarian, and frugality is my belief.
-Chen Yi.
Frugality and simplicity are human virtues; Luxury and luxury are the great evils of human beings.
-Xue Xuan: "Xue Gong's Reading Record" Volume 5.
It is also beautiful to ban extravagance and thrift.
-Wei Yuan: "Wei Yuan Ji Zhi Pian"
Only thrift can contribute to honesty, and forgiveness can become a virtue.
-Biography of Fan Chunren and History of Song Dynasty
People are extravagant and frugal, and people are frugal and courteous.
-Huan Kuan: Save the House with salt and iron.
People's basic material needs: air, sunshine and water, actually have nothing to do with money. As for the important contents of life value such as interpersonal harmony, spiritual enrichment, lively interest and noble personality, money can't buy it. -Han Shaogong (Hainan writer)
I can spend a lot of money to help others, but I can't bear to throw away a good thing or something. I don't save for money, but for saving. The virtue of thrift, in my opinion, is not only because of the problem of "money", but also a kind of ethics, conduct and culture.
-Zhang Kangkang (Beijing writer)
Standing in the arbitrary position of King's Landing, and out of the short-term self-interest of human beings, the speed and scope of damage we have caused are dozens of times and hundreds of times larger than the endangered life we promised to survive.
Shu Ting (Fujian poet)