Throughout ancient and modern times, there are many such examples. Zhuge Liang was appointed as the assistant to the slaughter in Shu, and he was in power for 27 years, "doing his best and dying"; Sima Guang, a generation of scribes, is famous for his four fields, but he "keeps out the cold with clothes and satisfies hunger with food" and has no extravagant demands for food, clothing, housing and transportation. However, he has endless interest and enthusiasm for intensive learning. As a general, Fang Zhimin handled millions of dollars, but his property was a few rags. If a high school student can learn to be frugal, he will never try his best to decorate his life and enjoy luxury.
The ancient Greeks advocated four virtues, one of which was thrift. So why be thrifty? There is a famous saying in ancient China: bad cultivation of mind and lack of desire. It tells us that only living a simple and frugal life is the best way to cultivate one's self-cultivation and entertain one's temperament. Therefore, frugality plays a vital role in cultivating one's self-cultivation. Only when a person has noble moral quality can he serve the society and realize the value of life.
Static to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality, let's work towards this goal from now on!