Such as the poems of Zhuge Liang, Zigong, Han Fei, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin and others.
1. Stay calm to cultivate your character, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue. ——Zhuge Liang.
2. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius.
3. Be poor without flattery, be rich without arrogance. ——Zi Gong.
4. If we strengthen our roots and use them sparingly, we will never be poor. ——Xun Kuang.
5. Those who are extravagant and lazy will be poor, while those who are capable and thrifty will be rich. ——Han Fei.
6. The journey of a husband and gentleman is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility and cultivate one’s virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not be far-reaching. ——Zhuge Liang.
7. Those who are extravagant are in ruins, while those who are frugal are at peace. One evil and one good are in front of them - Bai Juyi.
8. Don’t think about living in times of peace and be prepared for danger, abstain from extravagance and be frugal, cut down the roots in order to seek luxuriant trees, block the source in order to have a long flow. ——Wei Zheng.