China's classical exposition on thrift.

1. What are the explanations about economy in classical Chinese, which shows that Kang Sima Guang's family is poor and the world is innocent.

I don't like luxury by nature. I am a baby. My elders gave me gorgeous gold and silver clothes, and I don't want to be ashamed to give them up. Twenty surnames, Wenxi, no flowers for a solo banquet.

In the same year, he said, "Your gift is inviolable." This is a flower.

Take clothes to keep out the cold and eat to fill your stomach all your life; I dare not use despicable means to correct vulgarity, I just follow my nature. Everyone is proud of luxury, and my heart is only beautiful if it is frugal.

Everyone laughs at me, and I don't think I'm sick. It should be said: Confucius said "solid is not as follows"; He also said: "It's hard to stand up." He also said: "It is not enough to have ambition in the discussion and be ashamed of poor food and clothing."

The ancients regarded thrift as a virtue, but today people criticize it. Hey, what a surprise! In recent years, customs have been particularly extravagant, with soldiers dressed like soldiers and farmers stepping on silk.

I remember that among the heavenly saints, the first male is the official, and the guests never drink alcohol, but it is still three lines and five lines, but not more than seven lines. Wine is in the market, such as pears, chestnuts, dates and persimmons; The dish ends with preserved fruit and vegetable soup and is painted with porcelain.

At that time, the literati were all natural, and people were wrong. Know the number and be diligent, thin and affectionate.

Recently, the scholar-bureaucrat family, wine is not the law, fruits and vegetables are not rare from afar, food is not good, utensils are not complete, dare not meet guests and friends, and then dare to publish books. If not, people will refute it and think it is despicable.

Therefore, those who don't follow the custom put on fresh clothes. Ha ha! The custom is so decadent, although the incumbent can't ban it, bear with it! I also heard that Li Wenjing was the prime minister in the past, and he ruled Fengqiu Gate. Before listening, he only allowed the horse to rotate, or it was too narrow. The public laughed and said, "Those who take the lead should be passed on to future generations. This is a sincere pass for the Prime Minister to listen to things, and he has been very lenient in giving gifts and listening to things.

"Duke Lu, who participated in politics, was an admonition officer. The true sects called him urgently, so they took it from the restaurant and went into the restaurant. They asked him where he was from and were honest with him. He said, "Why do you drink in the hotel to take care of the officials? "Yes:" My family is poor, and the guests have no utensils, dishes and fruits. Please go to the restaurant.

"There is no hiding, beneficial and harmless. Zhang Wenjie is a relative. When he was the secretary of Heyangzhang, his relatives or rules said, "I received a lot of salary today, but I provided it myself. "

Although the public is confident and clear about the contract, there are also many outsiders who are ridiculed by Gongsun Bu. The public should follow the crowd less.

"The crowd sighed:" My salary today, although my family has plenty of food and clothing, why not? Considering human nature, frugality is easy and difficult. How often can I get paid today? Can the body last forever? Once it is different from today, family members are used to luxury for a long time, and they will lose money if they can't be frugal.

Is it always like a day for me to live, die and die? "oh! A great sage's foresight is beyond the reach of mediocre people! Yu Sun said, "Thrift is virtue. "Waste is a great evil." * * *, similarly, all people who speak virtue come from thrift.

If a husband is frugal, he wants to be small: if a gentleman wants to be small, he will not be able to be straight; Little people have few desires. If they can use them carefully, they will stay away from evil. So "frugality is also a virtue."

Luxury makes you want more: a gentleman who wants more is greedy for money and ruined. If a villain wants more, he will seek more, and he will perish; So they will bribe officials and steal their hometown. Therefore, "luxury is a great evil."

Yesterday, I was testing my father's porridge to make a living; Meng Nuo will have talents after he knows it. Ji Wenzi is the three kings, my concubine doesn't wear clothes and silks, my horse doesn't eat millet, and a gentleman thinks loyalty.

Guan Zhong, Zhu, and Shan? Seaweed, a gadget that Confucius despised. Uncle Wen Zi likes Wei Linggong, and Shi Qiu knows its disaster; And defense, if you are rich, you will offend, and if you die, you will die.

He used to live on food and money until Sun was so arrogant that he lost everything. Shi Chong boasted and died in the East City.

In recent days, Duke Kelai has been extravagant for a while, but he has made great achievements, and his descendants have learned the wind. Now he is poor. The rest are famous for their frugality, and many people have lost themselves because of extravagance and waste. I can't count them. Here are a few people to teach you.

If you are not a disciple, you should cultivate your children and let them know the customs of their predecessors. I was born in a poor family, and I inherited it from generation to generation with innocence.

I don't like luxury by nature. Growing up, my elders dressed me in gorgeous clothes decorated with gold and silver, and I always threw them away shyly. At the age of twenty, I was listed in the family name (Jinshi). I heard about the wedding banquet, but only (I) didn't wear flowers. In the same year, I said, "(Flowers) are given by the king, and you can't violate them (don't wear them)."

I just inserted a flower (on the brim of my hat). I (always) want clothes (only) to keep out the cold, food (only) to fill my stomach, and I dare not (intentionally) dress dirty and torn () against the secular nature, (indicating that I am different from ordinary people) and seek fame.

Just follow my nature. Many people regard extravagance and waste as glory, and I regard frugality and simplicity as my inner virtue.

Others laugh at my stubbornness and ignorance. I didn't regard it as a defect and answered them, "Confucius said,' I would rather be stubborn and ignorant than proud. "He also said:' Few people make mistakes because of thrift.

He also said:' Scholars are interested in the truth, but they are ashamed of not eating well, not wearing well, and living worse than others. It's not worth talking to (him). The ancients regarded thrift as a virtue, but now people ridicule it for it, which is considered to be a defect. Hey, (really) strange! "In recent years, the atmosphere has been particularly extravagant and wasteful. Most policemen wear scholar's clothes, while farmers wear shoes made of silk.

I remember that when my father was the judge of the Ministry of Pastoral Affairs during the reign of the saints, guests came and arranged the banquet without hesitation, but sometimes they poured (wine) three times, sometimes five times, not more than seven times at most. Wine is bought from the market. Fruits are limited to pears, chestnuts, dates and persimmons. Dried meat, meat sauce, vegetable soup, tableware porcelain and lacquerware are limited to snacks.

At that time, the literati were all like this, and they didn't laugh at criticism. At that time, there were many parties, polite hospitality, little food and deep feelings.

Recently, in the scholar-bureaucrat family, wine (if) is not (according to) the method of making wine (brewing) in the palace, fruits and snacks (if) are not precious and exotic goods in the distance, food (if) is not (very) diverse, and tableware (if) is not (set) all over the table, so (just) I dare not date or entertain guests and friends. It often takes months to prepare for a date before you dare to send an invitation.

If someone doesn't do this, people will refute him and think that he has never seen the world and is reluctant to spend money. Therefore, there are fewer people who don't follow the customs.

Alas, the atmosphere has deteriorated into this. People in high positions can't be banned, but they are encouraged.

2. Classical Chinese stresses frugality 1, text:

Things in the world are easy, but those that are difficult are easy; If you don't do it, it will be difficult for people who are easy to learn. If you don't learn, it will be difficult for people who are easy to change. There are two monks in Shu, one is poor and the other is rich. The poor man said to the rich man, "What is the South China Sea I want?" The rich man said, "How can I rely on it?" "A bottle and a bowl are enough for me," said the rich man. "For several years, I have always wanted to buy a boat, but I have never been able to do so. How can I rely on it? " The next year, the poor will come back from the South China Sea to tell the rich. The rich will be ashamed. The trip to the South China Sea in West Shu is thousands of miles away, and the rich monks can't go, and the poor monks are even farther away. Man's ambition is not as good as that of humble monks in Shu.

Translation:

Is there a difference between hard and easy things in the world? As long as you do it, no matter how difficult it is, it will become easy. If you don't do it, simple things will become difficult. Is there a difference between learning difficultly and learning easily? As long as you study, difficult things will become easy. If you don't study, it will be so easy and so difficult.

There are two monks on the border of Sichuan. One of them is poor and the other is rich. The poor monk said to the rich monk, "I want to go to the South China Sea. How about it? "

The rich monk said, "What are you going to do?"

The poor monk said, "A water bottle and a rice bowl are enough for me."

Rich monk said, "I've been trying to rent a boat down the river for years, but I haven't been successful." How can you go? "

The next year, the poor monk came back from the South China Sea and told the rich monk that he was ashamed.

Sichuan is thousands of miles away from the South China Sea. I don't know if the rich monk can reach it, but the poor monk has arrived. Isn't a person who is determined to study worse than a poor monk in Sichuan?

2. Original text:

Tang Lei, named Wei Jie, is also from Laizhou. At the age of three, my father and his family lived in Emin, Xinjiang, and devoted themselves to farming and studying. The village called him Dunham. /kloc-When he made a fortune in Beijing in 0/6, his father offered sacrifices to celebrate. Ray said, "What power does God have today? Because I am eager to learn, I am blessed to say it, but I want to laugh. " At the age of 20, I graduated as an auditor. I carefully remembered that my colleagues were called geniuses. Lei tried to audit Su Jiatuo, handle affairs impartially, take and go selflessly, and the people didn't pay for Lei's work, but Lei didn't do it. All people believe in their justice.

Translation:

Tang Lei, whose real name is Wei Jie, is from Laizhou, Shandong. At the age of three, my father moved to Emin, Xinjiang with his family. His father set an example, thrifty, engaged in agricultural production to support his son to write books independently, and his neighbors praised their family harmony. Tang Lei/Kloc-came to Beijing at the age of 0/6 and was admitted by the Central University of Finance and Economics. His father went to the temple with offerings, but Tang Lei said to his father, "Did the gods help today?" ? Because I study hard. God bless it. It's just a joke. "When he was twenty years old, he graduated from university and became an auditor. He works rigorously and has a good memory. His colleagues all say that he is a capable man. He has been to Sujiatuo for auditing and justice, and has never taken any benefits without permission. When he left, the crowd chased him for souvenirs, because he never accepted gifts when he worked in the local area, but he still refused to accept them. The masses admire his love and sense of justice.

3. In ancient China, it was difficult for a gentleman to preserve virtue.

Source: ZhouyiNo.. A gentleman uses the virtue of thrift to avoid danger.

It is pointed out that Zhouyi contains simple dialectical thought, and there are many places to explain the truth of things changing. This sentence has dialectical thinking.

On the one hand, making clear the virtue of thrift is helpful to nip in the bud and prevent extravagance and corruption; On the other hand, in the face of danger, especially in the face of material shortage, having the virtue of thrift is helpful to overcome danger. The author of Zhouyi believes that everything in heaven and earth has its ups and downs. When it doesn't work, it is necessary to cultivate one's morality and don't show oneself too much to tide over the difficulties.

Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family. The source is Shangshu Dayu Mo.

The general idea is to be diligent in running state undertakings and frugal in running family life. Remind us that thrift is the traditional virtue of our people.

The legendary ancient sages all did this, and they devoted themselves to state affairs. Dayu is diligent in managing water conservancy, but he can't make ends meet.

Yao is particularly concerned about the masses and thinks it is his fault that others are hungry and cold. The life of ancient sages was very frugal. They often wear coarse clothes, eat coarse rice and drink wild vegetable soup.

Yao, Shun and Yu are thrifty and thrifty in their careers and lives, winning the hearts of the people. Thrift, virtue * * * also; Waste is a great evil.

Source "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-four Years". Thrift is a great virtue of doing good; Luxury is the root of all evil.

It is suggested that Duke Zhuang of Lu order people to paint the pillars of the temple with red paint and carve patterns on the rafters, which is extravagant and rude. Yu Sun, a doctor, said this when he advised him, and pointed out that doing so actually injected "great evil" into the "great virtue" of his ancestors, which not only failed to please them, but humiliated them.

It can be seen that the ancients viewed thrift from the height of etiquette and virtue, and regarded extravagance and waste as a kind of evil. In today's extremely rich material, it is still a virtue worthy of our admiration to abstain from extravagance and thrift and not waste money.

People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not lacking. Source "Zuo Zhuan Gong Xuan Twelve Years".

The livelihood of ordinary people lies in hard work, and only hard work will not lack property. This is an old adage.

The understanding of the ancients is that as long as the people work hard and the society is stable, the people and the country will be rich. We still have to maintain the virtue of diligence and work hard in our respective posts, so that the country will be richer and the people's lives will be richer.

Thrift leads to prosperity, and fornication leads to death. The source is Mozi's Ci Guo.

Thrift will flourish, and lewdness and pleasure will perish. Some people think that among the pre-Qin philosophers, Mozi is famous for his willingness to live an ascetic life.

He hates the arrogance and extravagance of the rulers and advocates frugality. He spread his views everywhere, attracted a large number of people to be his disciples, and was unique among the pre-Qin philosophers.

At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?

Its source is Li Shen's "sympathy for farmers". At noon, farmers mowed 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? It implies that the language of this poem is simple and profound.

There is a story about a rich man's son who didn't know how difficult the crops were. He often goes to restaurants to eat jiaozi, but he spits out all jiaozi and only eats meat. Later, a fire broke out at home and was razed to the ground overnight from Loumeige. He became a beggar and wanted to go to this restaurant. The boss treated him with dumpling wrappers, and he was deeply moved.

The boss said, you're welcome These are all skins that you threw away. I just picked them up to dry. The rich man's son is ashamed. Later, he worked hard, lived frugally and became rich again.

This story also confirms the truth that "everyone knows that every meal is hard". Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant.

The source is Li Shangyin's Ode to Histories. Throughout history, from the country to the family, all died of extravagance without exception.

It is suggested that throughout the ages, most successful entrepreneurs have experienced the stage of hard struggle, so they pay more attention to thrift. However, for the guardian, it is just the opposite. They have not experienced the hardships of starting a business, and are easy to covet luxury and enjoyment. The ultimate fate must be the decline of their career and the demise of the country.

This is the truth revealed by thousands of years of history. Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die.

Source: The History of the New Five Dynasties and Biography of Lingguan. Worry and hard work can make the country prosperous, and the pursuit of comfort and enjoyment will lead to its own demise.

It is said that Li, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Five Dynasties, worked hard at first, defeated all his opponents and proclaimed himself emperor. However, he was later addicted to music and opera, loved actors, didn't make progress, and his subordinates made a fuss. He died in a mutiny after three years in office.

When Ouyang Xiu wrote Biography of Lingguan, he was deeply touched by this period of history and expounded the truth that "fatigue makes the country prosperous and leisure makes it die". China culture has a strong sense of hardship, especially when the country is in turmoil and the people are poor.

Confucius said that "those who have no distant worries must have near worries" and Mencius said that "being born with worries and dying with joy" emphasized the importance of maintaining a sense of hardship from the perspective of individuals and countries respectively. Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhi advised the emperor to "be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and save money" in order to achieve long-term stability.

It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. The source is Sima Guang's "Training with Diligence and Health".

It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to thrift. It is suggested that Sima Guang quote others' words to admonish future generations.

It emphasizes consciously keeping frugality and preventing extravagance and waste, which means encouraging yourself and warning the world. Everyone wants a good life, which is understandable.

But luxury is not desirable, and the pursuit is endless. Shang Zhouwang used a pair of ivory chopsticks, and his courtiers were about to run away because they saw Zhou Wang's greed, which would be unstoppable.

Therefore, adhering to thrift requires the ability of self-discipline. Take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough.

Source "Zi Jian" Volume 234. Take it in a planned way and spend it in moderation, and you will always be rich.

Some people think that this was written by Lu Zhi to the emperor in the Tang Dynasty, aiming at strengthening supervision.

4. China classical about thrift, thrift, Wang Wen, the ancients said: "frugality, virtue is also * * *; Luxury is the greatest evil ","Throughout the sages' countries, frugality breaks luxury ".

Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the people of China and the fine traditions of the Chinese nation. As small as a person, a family, as big as a country, the whole human race can't survive and develop without these four words.

It can be said that self-cultivation, family planning and governing the country are inseparable from diligence and thrift. Zhuge Liang takes "quiet to cultivate self-cultivation, frugality to cultivate self-cultivation" as the way of "cultivating self-cultivation"; Zhu Jiang "has porridge and rice, and it is hard to think about it; Half a silk and half a wisp, always thinking about material difficulties "is regarded as the motto of" let the family be together "; * * * Take "practicing economy and building the country through diligence and thrift" as the experience of "governing the country". References:

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5. China's ancient saying about economy ● If you make a fortune, you will find fault, but if you lose it, you will find it.

● Success comes from diligence and luxury.

● Diligence is not poor, and it is empty.

● From frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality is very difficult.

If you don't know how to save a little money, you will spend a lot of money (UK)

● There is a family, and dung is like a treasure; Black sheep, money is like grass

Hu Hua is extravagant now, and the sun and moon in the future are empty.

● Don't dump the accumulated things in the bucket (Kazakh)

● Don't eat the hard-won fruit in one breath (Uyghur)

● There is mangoku grain at home, and the swing pile is not long.

● Instead of milking all the time, it is better to kill cows and eat meat (Tibetans)

Show off if you have money, and starve if you have no money.

● To have enough food and clothing, frugality is the most important thing.

● Hold hands, year after year.

● Diligence can make up for the poor, and province can make up for the poor.

Look before you leap, eat and wear.

● Careful calculation, oil and salt remain unchanged.

People in tattered cloaks often drink a lot (Spain)

Poor food and rocks, but also rough food.

● Eat one thousand meals if you can, and one meal if you can't.

● Careful calculation, oil and salt remain unchanged.

People in tattered cloaks often drink a lot (Spain)

Poor food and rocks, but also rough food.

● Eat one thousand meals if you can, and one meal if you can't.

● Careful calculation, no worries about food and clothing; Eat and drink, sell pots as houses.

● Small wealth depends on frugality, while great wealth depends on the sky.

● Don't drink or smoke, and save countless money in three years.

● Thrift is the secret of getting rich (UK)

● Thrift itself is a kind of wealth (UK)

Small profits but quick turnover (UK)

● Thrift is an inexhaustible feast in your life (Emerson)

Small things don't save money and empty pockets (Thor Moore)

Coins are round, so they roll away easily (Toliano)

A penny saved equals a penny produced (UK)

● What you save is what you get (Denmark)

● There is no seed of gold, which comes from a thrifty family.

Save a mouthful when you are full and a bucket when you are hungry.

● There is a long stream of water, and there is no disaster.

● It is inevitable to save money on alcohol and tobacco and ask for help.

● When there is a shortage, save the shortage and save the shortage.

The benefits of living, the pain of using money.

Be careful for half a year, and it is not difficult to encounter famine.

● There is a reserve every year, and there is no shortage of people in famine years.

The inevitable consequence of luxury: the disintegration of weathering, which in turn leads to the corruption of interests (Britain)

Luxury will destroy people's spiritual purity, because unfortunately, the more you get, the more greedy you are, and you really always feel dissatisfied with yourself (angel)

Luxury is like wine, it excites and weakens (Karl)

Luxury and * * * are only a phenomenon of social corruption, and they are by no means the cause (Lu Xun)

● A person who pursues a high-level material life by hook or by crook must be a low-level person ideologically and morally.

Luxury is the death of virtue and justice (Switzerland)

:: Luxury is the starting point of national weakness (Cuba)

Content is the wealth of nature, and luxury is man-made poverty (Greece)

Fertile land, a liter of solar eclipse. There are thousands of rooms in Guangsha, and I sleep seven feet at night.

● If you are full, why do you want eight treasures? Seven feet, a thousand households?

● Forgot to put your hand behind you. There is no turning back at present.

● It's hard to think about a porridge and a meal, and it's hard to keep thinking about it.

● Cherish clothes and clothes, and cherish food.

● Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?

● The change of one porridge and one meter of sweat.

● If you don't take charge, you don't know that rice is expensive.

Who would know that her simple face is the cutest among them, and * * * pitifully dressed in plain clothes in this era.

When eating, you should know that cattle and horses are good, and when writing silk, you should remember the silkworm raiser.

● Do not damage the finished product.

6. You can have as much as you have. There is an aphorism in China that warns people to save (Denmark)

● There is no seed of gold, which comes from a thrifty family.

Save a mouthful when you are full and a bucket when you are hungry.

● There is a long stream of water, and there is no disaster.

● It is inevitable to save money on alcohol and tobacco and ask for help.

● When there is a shortage, save the shortage and save the shortage.

The benefits of living, the pain of using money.

Be careful for half a year, and it is not difficult to encounter famine.

● There is a reserve every year, and there is no shortage of people in famine years.

The inevitable consequence of luxury: the disintegration of weathering, which in turn leads to the corruption of interests (Britain)

Luxury will destroy people's spiritual purity, because unfortunately, the more you get, the more greedy you are, and you really always feel dissatisfied with yourself (angel)

Luxury is like wine, it excites and weakens (Karl)

Luxury and * * * are only a phenomenon of social corruption, and they are by no means the cause (Lu Xun)

● A person who pursues a high-level material life by hook or by crook must be a low-level person ideologically and morally.

Luxury is the death of virtue and justice (Switzerland)

:: Luxury is the starting point of national weakness (Cuba)

Content is the wealth of nature, and luxury is man-made poverty (Greece)

Fertile land, a liter of solar eclipse. There are thousands of rooms in Guangsha, and I sleep seven feet at night.

● If you are full, why do you want eight treasures? Seven feet, a thousand households?

● Forgot to put your hand behind you. There is no turning back at present.

● It's hard to think about a porridge and a meal, and it's hard to keep thinking about it.

7. Educate us to know how to preserve ancient Chinese (meaning complete is one sentence). A gentleman can't succeed in overcoming difficulties by saving virtue. -"Zhouyi number"

The divination of "nothingness" in Zhouyi tells people that when people are in a kind of "nothingness" (unfavorable or bad), a gentleman should avoid danger with frugality and morality, and should not pursue glory for a position. In fact, if you are in Thailand, you should be prepared for danger in times of peace and keep a clear head.

Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family.

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

Thrift, virtue * * * also; Waste is a great evil. . -Zuo Qiuming

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

Thrift leads to prosperity, and fornication leads to death. -"Mozi resigned"

Thrift will lead to prosperity, while indulgence will lead to destruction.

At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard? Li Shen

It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. -Song Sima Guang

Take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough.

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

Only thrift can contribute to honesty, and forgiveness can become a virtue. -Biography of Fan Chunren and History of Song Dynasty

Only thrift can make people honest and upright, and only tolerance can make people develop good moral character.

It is not easy to think about a porridge and a meal; It is difficult to keep thinking about material resources.

Looking at the countries and families of the sages of the past, they turned from frugality to extravagance. -Li Shangyin's "Ode to Histories"

General idea: carefully and comprehensively observe and analyze the sages, countries and families of past dynasties. Success is due to thrift, and decline is due to luxury.

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

Take farming and reading as the foundation and diligence as the virtue. -(Ming) Shi Naian

Prospering a family is like picking dirt with a needle, while losing a family is like scouring sand. -Folk proverbs

A gentleman's journey is quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality, indifferent to one's ambition, and quiet to a great distance. -Zhuge Liang

Things in the world often become frugal and lose to luxury. -Lu you

Frugality and simplicity are human virtues; Luxury and luxury are the great evils of human beings. -Xue Xuan

It is also beautiful to ban extravagance and thrift. -Wei Yuan.

People are extravagant and frugal, and people are frugal and courteous. -Huan Kuan: Save the House with salt and iron.

Good things are never born frugal. Since ancient times, melons are bitter and sweet. -Bai Yuan Pu

What can never be a good thing is born of thrift. Since ancient times, melons are bitter first and then sweet.

Good country, good people, good rest. -Xunzi

The way to enrich the country is to control consumption and enrich the people, and be good at storing surplus grain.

Save luxury and live frugally. -Ye Fan in the Southern Dynasties

The way to save luxury and fashion must be frugality.

When you eat it, use it politely. -Mencius

Money, grain, millet and other wealth should be used and consumed reasonably and moderately according to seasons and etiquette.

A wise Lord must carefully maintain its harmony, preserve its flow, open its source, and consider it when it comes. -Xunzi

A wise monarch must develop production, save expenses, develop financial resources, and consider whether taxes and relief violate the system everywhere.

Luxury goods are more expensive than natural disasters. -Don Fong Ling Xuan

The wealth of heaven and earth depends on where he has been and where he belongs. Always be rich and educated, and propose to be frugal at home. -Lu Ming Kun

The nature between heaven and earth depends on where it comes from and where it goes. Where you come, you should be rich and cultured, and where you go, you should be frugal.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and refrain from extravagance and frugality. -Wei Zhi's Ten Thoughts of Emperor Taizong

Commentary: When Emperor Taizong lived and worked in peace and contentment, he should always think of the coming of danger and abstain from extravagance and thrift.