The short story about frugality is about 100 words! !

Fan Zhongyan was a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. His poor childhood made him develop the habit of thrift. This is still the case after he entered the DPRK as an official.

On one occasion, my son Fan Chunren was going to have a wedding. Fan Chunren naturally dare not dream of the wedding ceremony. He thought about it and finally decided to buy only two slightly better clothes, which was meaningful to both father and daughter. So, Fan Chunren made a list of clothes he planned to buy and gave it to his father for approval.

Who knows that Fan Zhongyan looked at the list and immediately said with a straight face: "Marriage is naturally a major event in life, but what is the contradiction between this and thrift?" How can you use' life events' as an excuse to be extravagant and wasteful? "

The son was so wronged that he burst into tears and turned away with anger. Fan Zhongyan stopped his son and said earnestly, "Son! It's not that I can't afford these things, nor is it that my father can't bear to part with them. I'm afraid you are used to the life of the rich, and once you are poor in the future, you can't suffer! Besides, it is precisely because I am a big official that we should take the lead in thrift! " After listening to his father's words, Fan Chunren finally calmed down, revised the list and got married frugally.

Comments: It is easy for people to accept from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Extravagant behavior will exhaust money, while frugal behavior will cultivate good character of honesty. Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. We should all advocate frugality and simplicity and oppose extravagance and waste. With the prosperity of the country, extravagance and waste in some places are quite serious now. Teenagers must not be infected with this bad atmosphere, but should be frugal and simple.

Wang Mian studied painting.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a famous painter named Wang Mian in Zhuji, Zhejiang. When Wang Mian was a child, his family was very poor, and his father asked him to herd cattle for the landlord.

There is a school in the village. Hearing the sound of reading in the school, Wang Mian is envious. He often tied the cow to a tree, quietly walked into the school to listen to the teacher, and sometimes borrowed books from the teacher. Once, when he came out of school, the cow disappeared. When his father heard that he had lost the landlord's cow, he was angry and scared. He picked up the latch and was about to hit him. Wang Mian escaped in fright and hid in a temple all night. In the evening, he sat on the knee of the Buddha statue and read some broken books borrowed from school by the ever-burning lamp hanging in front of the Buddha statue.

Wang Mian not only likes reading, but also likes painting. One sunny evening in early summer, Wang Mian went to the lake to herd cattle. At this time, the sun shone through the white clouds, and the lake was red. The mountain by the lake is dark green and very beautiful. The leaves are washed away by the rain and become greener and more lovely. The lotus in the lake is also very bright, and the water drops on the lotus leaf roll around like pearls, which is really beautiful. Wang Mian thought, if only this scene could be drawn! Yes, I'll learn to draw lotus flowers first!

Wang Mian asked the students for some broken pens, mashed the leaves, and squeezed the juice as green pigment; Grind the red stone into powder, mix it with water and use it as a red pigment. Sit by the lake and draw a lotus flower.

At first, all the lotus leaves painted by Wang Mian seemed to have wings to fly, but they were nothing like them. But he didn't give up, so he drew another one if he didn't like it. While painting, he carefully pondered the lotus. In this way, when you think about it, the lotus he painted is almost exactly the same as the lotus growing in the lake, which is very beautiful.

He successfully painted lotus flowers, and later learned to draw landscapes, horses and cattle, and figures. No matter what I painted later, I painted it very well.

Others are:

"As long as you are diligent, willing to learn, willing to innovate, frugal to yourself, generous to others, loyal to your friends, and your own efforts, you will achieve something sooner or later and live a carefree life." -Li Ka-shing

It is difficult for a gentleman to be frugal.

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.

It is said that this was written by Lu Zhi to the emperor in the Tang Dynasty to emphasize the importance of thrift. Living within one's means is an important principle of financial management, ranging from a country to a family. By extension, resources and property are always limited and cannot be squandered. Only by "taking the right way and using it appropriately" can sustainable development be possible.

Only thrift can contribute to honesty, and forgiveness can become a virtue.

Source: 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 character.

It is pointed out that "frugality" and "forgiveness" are two concepts commonly used by politicians in ancient China. Because the productivity of ancient society was underdeveloped, the grain output was low, and only a few years of bumper harvest had one year's savings, so we should be particularly frugal. For officials, corruption and bribery are often due to greed and infatuation with luxury life, and frugality helps to curb this excessive desire. Therefore, thrift is an important national policy of rich countries and an important way to prevent corruption and promote honesty. As an ethical category of Confucianism, "forgiveness" requires being kind to people. For officials, if they can always put themselves in the people's shoes, they will certainly win the support of the people and thus govern the country well.

It is not easy to think about a porridge and a meal;

It is difficult to keep thinking about material resources.

From Zhu Bailu's Running a Family.

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

Zhu Bailu was an educator in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and advocated family education. His Family Instructions, also known as Zhu Zi's Family Instructions, is a collection of aphorisms devoted to educating people to be thrifty. As a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, thrift first respects labor and people who work. Our food and clothes are hard-won, and must be produced through the labor of growers, chefs and weavers, and cannot be easily wasted. Therefore, this passage has become a traditional "family precept" in China.