"Guan Mowed Wheat" Bai Juyi, Tang Dynasty
The Tian family has few free months, but in May people are twice as busy.
At night the south wind blows, and the wheat is covered with yellow.
Women carry baskets of food, and children carry pots of pulp.
Going with me to the salary field, the young man is in Nangang.
My feet are full of rustic heat, and my back is scorching with the scorching sky.
I am exhausted and don’t know how hot it is, but it’s a pity that the summer is long.
There is also a poor woman with a baby beside her.
The right hand holds the earrings, and the left arm hangs a basket.
Hearing his words of care makes those who hear them feel sad.
My family’s farmland has been exhausted, so I’ll just throw it away to satisfy my hunger.
What merit do I have now? I have never been involved in farming and mulberry trees.
The official salary is three hundred stones, and there is more than enough food every year.
I feel ashamed when I think of this, and I will never forget it.
"The Fisherman on the River" Fan Zhongyan, Song Dynasty
People who come and go on the river,
but love the beauty of sea bass.
You see a boat,
going in and out of the storm.
Quietness cultivates one’s character, frugality cultivates virtue. [Three Kingdoms Period] Zhuge Liang
Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved by diligence and frugality, and failure was caused by extravagance. [Tang Dynasty] Li Shangyin
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. [Northern Song Dynasty] Sima Guang
Frugality and simplicity are the virtues of a human being. [Ming Dynasty] Xue Xuan
One porridge and one meal, when you think about the different places where you came from; half a thread, half a thread, always thinking about the difficulty of material resources. [Qing Dynasty] Zhu Yongchun
The virtue of diligence and thrift is like sweet rain, which can make the poor soil bloom rich flowers and the rich land bear the fruit of wisdom. [Modern Motto]
Eat all the taro porridge and enjoy all the blessings in the world.
Eating other people’s food makes you sweat, eating your own food makes you cry.
A thousand weights of yarn, ten thousand weights of yarn, are not as good as a layer of torn cotton.
There are many rice and vegetables, and there are still many days.
If you don’t have rice in your hand, you can eat chicken and ignore it.
A thief who steals three times will not be poor, and a thief who burns it once will be depleted.
Save a mouthful when you are full, and get a bucket when you are hungry.
The tailor doesn’t waste any cloth, and the boss’s wife doesn’t have any trousers. The tailor's clothes are torn and there is no cloth to mend them, and the carpenter's house has no bench to sit on.
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