Ancient poems of diligence and thrift are as follows:

I. Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty, "Compassionate Farming", who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is painstaking.

Translation: And who knows that the rice on the plate, each grain and every grain is the hard labor of the farmers in exchange for?

Second, the Tang Dynasty Li Shangyin "Wing Shi", a history of the former sage country and family, into by hard work and frugality broken by luxury.

Translation: Throughout history, all the wise countries, success originated from hard work and thrift, and decline from luxury.

Three, the Northern Song Dynasty Sima Guang "training thrift show Kang", from thrift into luxury is easy, from luxury into thrift is difficult.

Translation: It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

Four: Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments to the Son" from the Three Kingdoms Period, "Be quiet to cultivate one's body, be frugal to cultivate one's virtue".

Translation: quietness to cultivate oneself, thriftiness to purify one's character.

Fifth, the Tang Dynasty Bai Juyi's "Two Songs of Peaceful Music", the year of abundance is still thrifty, the time of Thailand is more pinned down.

Translation: In the year of harvest, we still don't forget to economize on food, and in the time of peace, we should pay attention to preventing and avoiding war.