1. Diligent and frugal means hardworking and frugal, describing hard work and frugal life; it can also refer to saving on food and clothing.

2. Diligence and frugality comes from Chapter 1 of Volume 5 of Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World": "Thus, a dual lifestyle is formed that can not only dare to eat and drink, but also be diligent and frugal."

3. Famous aphorisms related to diligence and frugality:

Whoever scrimps on food and clothing on weekdays can easily get through difficulties when he is poor; whoever is luxurious and extravagant when he is rich will die of hunger and cold when he is poor. --Sadie

Frugality is a feast that you can never finish in your life. --Edison

Poverty, a clean and simple life, is where we revolutionaries can overcome many difficulties! --Fang Zhimin

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A short story of diligence and thrift:

1. Zhu Yuanzhang’s four dishes and one soup

Zhu Yuanzhang’s In my hometown of Fengyang, there is still a folk song about four dishes and one soup: The emperor’s treat, four dishes and one soup, radish and leeks, really sweet and fragrant; green onion and tofu, which is meaningful, clear and clear, and makes corrupt officials flustered. When Zhu Yuanzhang celebrated the queen's birthday, he only used carrots, leeks, two bowls of green vegetables, and scallion tofu soup to entertain all the officials. And there are three chapters of the agreement: no matter who holds the banquet from now on, only four dishes and one soup are allowed. Anyone who violates it will be severely punished.

2. Mao Zedong, who was diligent and frugal

Mao Zedong asked others to do it first. He lived a very simple life, sleeping on a hard bed and wearing coarse clothes. He even mended a pair of pajamas 73 times and wore them for 20 years. During the difficult economic period, he took the initiative to cut his salary, lower his living standards, and stopped eating fish, meat, and fruits.

In the 1960s, he once held a meeting that did not end until noon. He left everyone to have lunch. On the dining table was a large pot of meatballs boiled with cabbage, a few small plates of pickles, and the staple food was sesame seed pancakes. The great man set an example for his countrymen in thrift and diligence.