1, "Wing history two - its two" Tang Dynasty - Li Shangyin

Throughout the past sage country and family, into by hard work and thrift broken by luxury.

Why should amber be used as a pillow, and why should real pearls be used as a car?

Translation: Throughout history, the success of all wise and virtuous nations has come from thrift and hard work, and their downfall has come from luxury. Why does it have to be amber to be a pillow, or pearls to be a good carriage?

2, "Miscellaneous Songs and Dances - Peaceful Music" Tang Dynasty - Bai Juyi

Years of abundance is still thrifty, when Thai more pinned down.

The holy thoughts are long like this, why worry about not having peace?

Translation: Even when the harvest is plentiful, we must be thrifty, and when the times are favorable and peaceful, we must eliminate wars. If those who are in power can keep such thoughts all the time, then how can the world not be peaceful.

3. "Degree of Passage" Two Han Dynasty - Cao Cao

The world marveled at Bo Yi, who wanted to be severe.

Large is the evil of extravagance, but thrift is ****de.

Translation: It is no wonder that the world appreciates Bo Yi and looks forward to improving social customs. Extravagance is the greatest evil, and the virtue of thrift is not to be questioned.

4, "Zhu Zi family training - the whole text" Qing - Zhu Bailu

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

Translation: For a congee or a meal, we should think of the hard-won; for half a thread or half a strand of clothing, we should always remember that it is very difficult to produce these materials.

5. Two Songs of Compassionate Farming (Tang Dynasty - Li Shen)

A grain of corn is planted in the spring and ten thousand seeds are harvested in the fall.

There are no idle fields in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving.

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

Who knows how hard it is to eat on a plate?

Translation: As long as one seed is sown in the spring, many grains can be harvested in the fall. There are no wasted fields in the whole world, but there are still hard-working peasants who die of starvation. At noon in the middle of summer, the sun is scorching hot, and the farmers are still laboring, with beads of sweat dripping into the soil. Who thought that the rice in our bowl, grain by grain is the hard labor of the farmers ah?