People are like iron rice and steel. If you don’t eat a meal, you will be so hungry that you will not be able to say anything.

People are like iron, and rice is like steel. If you don’t eat one meal, you will feel hungry. This is a saying. It means that a person's energy depends on food, just like iron's hardness depends on steel. It means that human life is maintained by food, and it is not enough to skip a meal. From "Kong Banxian's Skillful Play on Dong Shanren" by Liu Qinghe of the Han Dynasty: As the saying goes: People rely on food, and iron relies on steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.

Food is the first priority for the people

Li Shiqi used the idea of ??"food is the first priority for the people" and suggested that Liu Bang seize Aocang, which was very rich in grain storage, laying the foundation for the great cause of unification. "The people can carry a boat, but they can also overturn it." Solving the people's food problem has always been the most important issue and the most important task to stabilize people's hearts. The same goes for a family, and even more so for a country.

Food is the basis of survival. Only when people solve the problem of food and clothing can they be able to engage in other activities and create. Therefore, no matter when, people must cherish food, the basis of survival.