1, a porridge and a meal, it is not easy to think about it; It is difficult to keep thinking about material resources. -Zhu Bailu language out of Zhu Qing the millennium "family precepts".

General idea: even if it is a porridge and a meal, we should think of it as hard-won; Even if it is half a silk, we should also think of the hardships of labor.

2. Be thrifty in the country and thrifty at home. -"Shangshu Dayu Mo"

General idea: Be diligent in national undertakings and frugal in family life.

3. Thrift and public morality; Waste is a great evil. -"Twenty-four years of Zuo Zhuan and Zhuang Gong"

Thrift is the great virtue of doing good; Luxury is the root of all evil.

4. People's livelihood is diligent and diligent. -Qian's "Encouraging Agriculture"

General idea: the livelihood of ordinary people lies in hard work, and only hard work will not lack property.

5, frugality is prosperous, fornication is dead. -"Mozi resigned"

Thrift will lead to prosperity, while lewdness and pleasure will perish.

6. At noon on the day of weeding, sweat dripped down the soil. 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?

7. Looking back at the countries and families of the former sages has become the result of thrift and extravagance. -Tang Li Shangyin's "Ode to Histories"

Throughout history, from the country to the family, they all died of thrift and luxury.

8. Worry can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die. -Ouyang Xiu's Biography of Lingguan in Song Dynasty

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.

9. From frugality to luxury, from luxury to thrift. -Song Sima Guang's "Cultivating Self-cultivation"

It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to thrift.

10, take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough. -Sima Guang's History as a Mirror in the Song Dynasty

Take it in a planned way and spend it in moderation, and you will always be rich.