Ancient Poems About Diligence and Thrift

1. What are the ancient poems about diligence and thrift

1. A porridge and a meal, when thinking about the place where it is not easy to come; half silk and half strand, always think of the material strength of the difficult. The [qing] zhu yu chun

2. hoeing day is noon, sweat drops under the soil, who knows the food on the plate, grain all hard work. Li Shen, "Compassionate Farming"

3. Zhuge Liang, The Book of Commandments

4. The country and the family of the past sages, the success of hard work and thrift and the destruction of extravagance. [Tang] Li Shangyin "History"

5. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Sima Guang (Northern Song Dynasty)

6. Thrift and simplicity are the virtues of man. Xue Xuan (Ming Dynasty)

7. Shangshu - Dayumu (大禹谟).

1. Li Shangyin's "Winged History"

The past and the past, the country and the family, the success of hard work and thrift and the failure of luxury.

The first time I saw this is when I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night.

The first time I saw this was when I was a young man, and the second time I saw it was when I was a young man.

A few people had predicted the South Smoke song, and the ancient Cangwu cried Cuihua.

Note: ①This poem is titled "Aria", but it is actually a work of mourning the death of Emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty. The poem was written in the first month of Kai Cheng five years after the death of Emperor Wenzong. ② "Han Fei Zi - ten passes," contained in the Duke of Qin Mu asked the ancient masters of the reasons for the loss of the country, Yu Yu said: "I tasted and heard of it, often thrifty gained, luxury lost." ③Shen Yao "Book of Song" contains, when Emperor Wu offered amber pillow Ningzhou, when the northern expedition need amber to cure gold sores, that is, ordered to be crushed and distributed to the general. (4) "Records of the Grand Historian - Tian Jing Zhong Wan Shijia": King Hui of Wei boasted to King Wei of Qi that he had "ten beads with a diameter of one inch, ten beads for each of the twelve multipliers in front of and behind the car", and King Wei said that he was precious to his wise ministers, "and he will be able to light up the dry miles, not just twelve multipliers"! Getting true: the whole poem school: "One is to wait for the treasure."

Appreciation: In this poem, the poet, based on the historical facts of the rise and fall of history, is summarized as "the history of the former sage country and family, success by hard work and thrift broken by luxury". These clear to the ancient to learn from the present attitude, contains a profound intention, more conscious than the previous understanding of the complete. On the question of who is responsible for the rise and fall of a nation, although Li Shangyin was limited by the times and could only attribute the lifeline of chaos to the emperors, most of his poems accused them of corrupting the nation. Therefore, this kind of revelation has more progressive significance.

2. 尚书-大禹谟

Ke diligence in the state, Ke thrift in the family.

Translation: He is able to work hard for the state affairs and live frugally at home.

Note: Ke Qin Yu Bang: means to do one's best for the cause of governing water.

Translation: He was able to work tirelessly for the state, and lived frugally at home.

3. Li Shen's "Compassionate Farming"

The hoeing day is the noon, the sweat drips down to the soil, who knows that the food on the plate is all hard work.

Translation:

Farmers are hoeing under the scorching sun at noon, and their sweat drips from their bodies onto the soil where the seedlings grow. And who knows that the rice on the plate, each and every grain is the result of the hard labor of the farmer?

Note: (1) mercy: pity. Here there is the meaning of sympathy. Poem 1 is written as Two Songs of Ancient Winds. The ordering of these two poems varies from version to version. (2) Corn: a general reference to cereals. (3) Autumn Harvest: a "fall into". Zi: refers to grain particles. (4) Four Seas: refers to the whole country. Idle fields: fields that are not plowed. (5) Judas: still.

2.4 Ancient Poems about Thrift and Diligence

I. Li Shen's "Compassionate Farming"

Who knows what is on the plate, and how hard it is to eat all the grains.

Translation: Who knows that every grain of the meal on the plate is the result of the hard labor of the farmers?

Secondly, Li Shangyin's "Aria"

The past and the present are all a matter of hard work and frugality.

Translation: Throughout history, the success of all the wise countries originated from hard work and thrift, and their failure was due to luxury.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

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

Fourth, Zhuge Liang's "The Book of Commandments for Children" in the Three Kingdoms Period

Be quiet to cultivate oneself, and be frugal to cultivate virtue.

Translation: Be quiet to cultivate oneself, and be frugal to cultivate one's character.

V. Two Songs of Peaceful Music by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty

The years of abundance are still frugal, and the times are more favorable for soldiers.

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.

3. Ancient Poems about Thrift and Saving

● A family is like a needle picking soil, a family is like a wave picking sand ● Success is due to diligence and thrift, but destruction is due to extravagance ● Diligence and thrift will never be poor, but sitting on a mountain of food is also empty ● It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to thrift ● Small money does not know how to save, but big money will be spent indiscriminately (Britain) ● A family is like a treasure, a family is like a treasure; a family is like a grass, a family is like a grass, a family is like a grass, a family is like a treasure, a family is like a grass, a family is like a grass, a family is like a treasure. When you have money, don't eat it all in one gulp (Uyghur) ●With ten thousand stones of grain, you can't grow it ●It's better to kill the cow and eat the meat than to keep it for milking (Tibetan) ●When you have money, you have to show off, but when you don't have money you have to starve ●When you have money, you need to be hard-working and thrifty ●Hard work makes up for clumsiness, and saving money makes up for poverty ●It's always better to think about the future, but always have something to eat and wear ●If you're smart, you can't stop spending ●Whoever is in a raggedy cloak is often a good drinker (Spanish) A good drunkard (Spain) ● Even if you have 10,000 stones of grain, you still need to eat lightly ● Those who know how to eat will eat a thousand meals, but those who don't will eat one meal ● Be careful with your calculations and keep on using oil and salt ● Those who wear a ragged cloak are often good drunkards (Spain) ● Even if you have 10,000 stones of grain, you still need to eat lightly ● Those who know how to eat will eat a thousand meals, but those who don't will eat one meal ● If you are careful with your calculations, you will be able to have food and clothes, while those who are generous will be able to sell pots and pans as if they are in the house ● Small riches are made possible by frugality and big riches are made possible by Heaven ● If you don't drink or smoke, you can save a lot of money in three years. Thrift is the secret of wealth (UK) ● Thrift is a property in itself (UK) ● A small profit makes a great fortune (UK) ● Thrift is a feast you can't get enough of in life (Emerson) ● The pocket is empty if you don't save in small places (Tor Moore) ● Coins are round, so it's easy for them to roll away (Toliano) ● Saving a penny is the same as producing a penny (UK) ● As much as is saved is as much as is gained (Denmark) ● As much as is saved is as much as is gained (Denmark) ● As much as is saved is as much as is produced (UK) How much you save is how much you get (Denmark) ●Gold has no seeds, but comes from a thrifty family ●Save a mouthful when you are full, and get a bucket when you are hungry ●Spend a little, and you won't be worried in disaster ●Save money on cigarettes and alcohol, and you will not have to ask for help in emergencies ●Save money in case of a shortage, save money to prepare for it ●Save money for a shortage, save for a shortage in the sky ●Settle down for the good, but use it in the hard place ●Save enough for half a year, and don't suffer in the shortage years ●Store money for the years, but not for the people in the shortage years ●The inevitable consequence of extravagance is the dissolution of decoloration and culture which, in turn, causes the corruption of fun Luxury destroys the purity of people's minds, because unfortunately, the more you acquire, the more greedy you become, and indeed, you always feel that you cannot satisfy yourself (Engel) ● Luxury is like wine, which both excites and debilitates (Carr) ● Extravagance and lechery are only a symptom of social decay, never the cause (Lu Xun) ● A person who pursues a high class of material life by any means is necessarily low in his ideology and morals (Subterfuge). The pursuit of a high material life by any means is necessarily low (Qianfu) ● Extravagance is the demise of virtue and righteousness (Switzerland) ● Extravagance is the starting point of national weakness (Cuba) ● Contentment is natural wealth, extravagance is man-made poverty (Greece) ● Ten thousand hectares of good land and one liter of food per day.

Thousands of buildings, seven feet of sleep at night ● Why should eight treasures and nine tripods be needed for a full stomach? A seven-foot body is not enough for a thousand doors and tens of thousands of houses. The first thing you need to do is to think about how hard it is to come by, and how difficult it is to make things happen. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

The idea is that a gentleman uses frugality to avoid danger. The gentleman is diligent in the state and thrifty in the family.

From Shangshu (尚书-大禹谟). To the effect that one should be diligent in national endeavors and frugal in family life.

Frugality is the **** of virtue; extravagance is the greatness of evil. Source "Zuozhuan - Zhuang Gong 24 years".

Big Idea Thrift is the great virtue of good deeds; luxury, the great evil of evil. People's livelihood is in diligence, and diligence is not scarcity.

From "Zuo Zhuan - Xuan Gong 12 Years".

Frugality is prosperity, obscenity is death. Source "Mozi - Resignation".

The idea is that frugality will prosper, and obscene enjoyment will lead to death. The former sages of the country and the family, the success of hard work and thrift broken by extravagance.

From Li Shangyin's "History".

The country can prosper from sorrow and labor, and the body can perish from hesitation and indolence.

Big Idea: Worrying and working hard can make a country prosperous and developed, while pursuing comfort and enjoyment can lead to one's own demise. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

From Sima Guang's "Discipline and Thrift for Kang". To wit: It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

If you are moderate in what you take and moderate in what you use, you will always have enough. Source: Ziji Tongjian, Volume 234.

Big Idea: If you ask for things in a planned way and consume them in a controlled way, you will always be rich. Only frugality can help honesty, and only forgiveness can make virtue.

From "History of Song Dynasty - Fan Chunren's Biography".

A porridge and a meal, when thinking of the place is not easy; half silk and half a wisp, always think of things difficult.

The idea is that even if it is a porridge and a meal, you should think that it is not easy to come by; even if it is half a silk and half a thread, you should also think of the hardship of labor. * A gentleman should examine virtue to dispel difficulty.

(A gentleman avoids danger by virtue of thrift and simplicity.) *Ke diligence in the state, Ke thrift for the family (To be diligent in national endeavors, and thrifty in family life.) *Thrift, the **** of virtue; extravagance, the greatness of evil. (Thrift is the great virtue among good deeds; extravagance, the great vice among evils.)

* The livelihood of the people lies in hard work. (The livelihood of the common people lies in hard work, and only when they are diligent in their labor will they not be in want of possessions.)

* Thrift and frugality will prosper, and obscenity and anarchy will die. (Thrift and frugality lead to prosperity, and obscenity and pleasure lead to defeat and death.)

*The day of the hoe is noon, sweat drops under the soil. Who knows what is on the plate, every grain is bitter.

(The farmer is hoeing under the hot sun at noon, and drops of sweat fall on the soil where the seedlings grow. And who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is so hard-earned.)

*Throughout history, the country and family of the former sages, the success of hard work and thrift broken by luxury. (Throughout history, the big state, small to the family, all is the rise of hard work and thrift, the death of extravagance.)

*Worrying about the country can be prosperous, and hesitation can kill the body. (Worrying about the affairs of the state can make the state prosperous and develop, while pursuing comfort and pleasure can bring about one's own demise.)

*From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult. (It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.)

*Take with moderation, use with moderation, and you will always have enough. (If you take systematically and consume sparingly, you will always have abundance.

4. Old Poems on Frugality and Diligence

Be quiet to cultivate oneself, be frugal to cultivate virtue - Zhuge Liang's Book of Commandments.

1. The gentleman is thrifty and virtuous to dispel difficulties.

Big Idea: A gentleman uses frugality and virtue to avoid danger.

Big Idea: Be diligent in national endeavors and frugal in family life.

3. Thrift is the **** of virtue; extravagance is the greatness of evil.

Big Idea: Thrift is the great virtue of good deeds; extravagance is the great evil of wickedness.

4. People's livelihood lies in diligence, and diligence is not scarcity.

Big Idea: The livelihood of the people lies in hard work, and only if they are diligent in their work, they will not be in want.

5. Thrift and frugality will lead to prosperity, while obscenity and anonymity will lead to death.

Big Idea: Thrift and frugality will flourish, while lechery and pleasure will lead to death.

6. The day of hoeing is the afternoon, and the sweat drips down to the soil.

Who knows what is on the plate, and what is in the grain is bitter.

Big Idea: Farmers hoe under the hot sun at noon, and drops of sweat fall into the soil where the seedlings grow. And who knows that every grain of the meal on the plate has been so painstakingly obtained.

7, the former sages of the country and home, into by hard work and thrift broken by luxury.

Big Idea: Throughout history, as big as the state, as small as the family, all is the rise of hard work and thrift, the death of extravagance.

8. Worrying and toiling can revitalize a country, while hesitation and ease can kill a person.

Big Idea: Worrying and working hard on national affairs can make a country prosperous and developed, while pursuing comfort and pleasure can lead to one's own demise.

9. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Big Idea: It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

10: If you have the right degree of taking and the right use, you will always have enough.

Big Idea: If you ask for things in a planned way and consume them in a controlled way, you will always be rich.

11. Thrift is the only thing that helps to keep one honest, and forgiveness is the only thing that makes one virtuous.

Big Idea: Only frugality can make a person honest and clean, and only forgiveness can make a person develop a good character.

12. A porridge and a meal are not easy to come by;

Half a thread and half a wisp are not easy to come by.

Big Idea: Even if it is a porridge or a meal, you should think that it is not easy to come by; even if it is half a silk or half a thread, you should also think of the hardship of labor.

5. 10 Poems on Thrift

1. A porridge and a meal are not easy to come by; half a thread and a half a strand are hard to bear in mind.

Big Idea: Even if it is a porridge or a meal, one should think that it is not easy to come by; even if it is half a silk or half a thread, one should think of the hardship of labor.

2. Be diligent in the state and frugal in the family.

Big Idea: Be industrious in national endeavors and thrifty in family life.