1. Ancient poems about money
Ancient poems about money include:
1. "The Charcoal Seller" by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty
< p> Original text:A charcoal seller cuts firewood and burns charcoal in the southern mountains. His face was dusty and smoky, his temples were gray and his fingers were black.
Where do you get money from selling charcoal? The clothes on your body and the food in your mouth. Poor clothes and clothes, worried about the cold weather.
Translation:
There was an old charcoal seller who spent the whole year cutting firewood and burning charcoal in the Nanshan Mountains. His face was covered with dust and looked burnt by smoke, his hair on his temples was gray, and his ten fingers were blackened by charcoal.
What do you use the money you get from selling charcoal? Buy the clothes you wear and the food you eat. Unfortunately, he was only wearing thin clothes, but he was worried that he would not be able to sell the charcoal, and he also hoped that the weather would be colder.
2. Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "The Wine Will Come in"
Original text:
What does the master mean when he says he has little money? It is up to you to sell it at your own discretion.
The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and we will sell the eternal sorrow with you.
Translation:
Master, why do you say you don’t have much money? Just bring me some wine and let me drink with my friends.
No matter whether it is a precious five-flowered horse or a fox fur fur, quickly ask the waiter to take it all and exchange it for fine wine, and drink with you to dissolve this eternal sorrow.
3. "Three Poems on the Difficult Journey (Part 1)" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Original text:
There are ten thousand buckets of sake in gold bottles, and thousands of treasures on jade plates. money. Stopping the cup and throwing chopsticks, I can't eat. I draw my sword and look around at a loss.
If you want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, you will have to climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang. When I was free to fish on the Bixi River, I suddenly took a boat and dreamed of the sun.
Traveling is difficult! Traveling is difficult! Duoqi Road, where is it now? There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds and sails are hung directly to help the sea.
Translation:
The wine in the gold cup is worth ten thousand dollars per dou, and the precious dishes in the jade plate are worth ten thousand dollars. But my sadness made me put down my cup and chopsticks and refused to eat. He pulled out his sword and looked around, feeling confused.
If you want to cross the Yellow River, ice blocks the river; if you want to climb the Taihang Mountains, there will be heavy snow all over the mountains. I recall that when Jiang Taigong was fishing in Fenxi River, he met the talented King Wen; Yi Yin took a boat to dream about the sun and was employed by Shang Tang.
The road of life is so difficult, so difficult, and full of crossroads. Where is the real road? I firmly believe that the time to ride the wind and waves will definitely come, and when that time comes, we will set sail and sail across the blue sea and blue sky.
4. "Autumn Embrace" by Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty
Original text:
Isn't it bad to save things, why is Autumn Embrace so sad! West wind wine flag city, drizzle and chrysanthemum sky.
His temples are full of sadness, and he is ashamed to eat thousands of dollars. When will the deer cart drive back to Yingdong Tian?
Translation:
What is dissatisfying about the scenery of this season? But somehow, facing this autumn scenery, I couldn't help but feel sad. The west wind is blowing, and the wine flags in the market are fluttering in the wind; it is drizzling, and golden chrysanthemums are blooming everywhere.
When I think about state affairs and family affairs, my temples turn gray with worry; I waste my royal salary in vain, and I feel ashamed in my heart. When can I fulfill my wish: to carry a deer cart back to Yingdong, to cultivate fields and plant mulberry trees?
5. Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty "Playing with the Old Man of the Huamen Restaurant"
Original text:
The old man still sells wine in his seventies, and there are thousands of pots and urns of flowers at the door.
The elm pods beside the road look like money. Are you willing to pick them and sell them for wine?
Translation:
This old man is still selling wine at the age of seventy, placing thousands of wine bottles and wine jars at the entrance of Huamen Tower.
The elm pods beside the road also look like bunches of copper coins. I picked them and used them to buy wine. Can you sell them?
6. Yu Guobao of the Southern Song Dynasty, "The Wind Comes into the Pines·One Spring Will Buy and Spend Money"
Original text:
One Spring will last and spend money, Japan Drunk by the lake. Yu Cong is used to knowing West Lake Road, and he passed by in front of Gu Restaurant. The fragrance of red apricots plays the flute and the drums, and the shadows of the green poplars play on the swing.
The warm wind blows across the beautiful sky, and the flowers on the temples are offset by the clouds. The painting boat carries the spring back, the remaining feelings are paid, the lake water and the lake smoke. Tomorrow I will help the disabled drunk again and come to look for the flowers on the street.
Translation:
When spring comes, I don’t know how much money I have spent on shopping, and I am intoxicated by the West Lake every day. The jade horse is familiar with the way to the West Lake and walks past the restaurant with its head held high and neighing. In the fragrance of red apricots, flutes and drums are booming, and in the shadow of green poplar trees, there is joyful swinging.
In the spring breeze, beautiful women are graceful on the ten-mile road, and the flowers on their heads push their temples aside. As the sun sets in the west, the painting boat returns with the spring scenery, but the pleasure of the tour is not exhausted and the lake is filled with mist. Tomorrow, I will take my remaining drunkenness with me and go to the path on the lake to look for the lost flowers. 2. What are the ancient poems about money?
1. The branches are covered with green leaves and covered with green feathers, and countless gold coins bloom. ——Du Fu's "Three Sighs on Autumn Rain"
Interpretation: The green feather cover is a gorgeous decoration for a wealthy family, and gold money is a symbol of wealth. However, this is just the weak life of a small plant and is only a fleeting phenomenon. Cassia still "lives in her tiny waist", guarding the secret of her life.
2. Why do you say you don’t have much money, but you have to sell it at your own discretion - Li Bai’s "The Wine Will Come in"
Interpretation: Master, why do you say you don’t have much money? Just buy some wine and let us drink together.
3. People in the crowd dare not speak openly and secretly throw money to predict who is far away. ——Yu Hu's "Jiangnan Song"
Definition: I dare not express my feelings in front of everyone, so I secretly throw money and ask for news about my distant husband.
4. A gold bottle of wine costs ten thousand yuan, and a jade plate worth ten thousand yuan of treasure. ——Li Bai's "Traveling is Difficult·Part 1"
Definition: The famous wine in the gold cup costs ten thousand yuan per bucket; the exquisite dishes in the jade plate cost ten thousand yuan.
5. Where do you get money from selling charcoal? The clothes on your body and the food in your mouth. ——Bai Juyi, "The Charcoal Seller"
Definition: What is the money obtained from selling charcoal used for? Buy the clothes you wear and the food you eat. 3. Quotes about consumption
To be rich does not consist in spending too much, but in improper squandering; to be stingy does not consist in spending too little, but in excessive frugality.
Cheap, discounted, large quantity, large quantity... are temptations that can never be resisted. Therefore, it is also an excellent opportunity for merchants to take the opportunity to promote fake, counterfeit, counterfeit, and inferior goods.
The poorer the people are, the more pompous they are when entertaining, the more dishes they order, and the greater the waste. Their mentality is both generous and generous, but also afraid that others will underestimate them.
Fashion consumption costs more than practical consumption because the eyes are more luxurious than the body.
Consumption can indeed stimulate production, but both production and consumption will consume more of the earth’s precious resources and energy. Have politicians and economists thought about this? The results of consumption will bring garbage, so another industry should also emerge, that is, how to "dispose of waste" the results of consumption? ! 4. Sentences about spending money
1. Rich people are afraid that others will know that they are rich, while poor people are afraid that others will know that they have no money.
2. Can you choose life? It will always be like this now, I envy your leisure, and you envy my money. 3. When it comes to fees, it is in line with international standards, and when it comes to services, it is China's national conditions.
4. Money can buy a person’s body, but it cannot buy a person’s love. 5. Men become bad when they have money. Yes, many men are like this. However, men who become bad when they have money are not much better even if they have no money.
6. Once you have money in your hands, the boundaries between consumption and waste are blurred. 7. I won’t bend down if money falls from the sky, because even pies won’t fall from the sky, let alone money.
8. When you have no money, your wife is also your secretary; when you are rich, your secretary is also your wife. 9. I am not RMB, so I cannot be liked by everyone.
10. Having love does not necessarily mean you have money, and having money does not necessarily mean you have love. 11. All women should get married and try to make their husbands earn money to support them.
12. Money can buy a house but not a home, it can buy a marriage but not love, it can buy a clock but not time. Money is not everything, but the source of pain. Give me your money and let me bear the pain alone! 13. Although I cannot be the descendant of a rich man, I must be the ancestor of a rich man.
14. Most people get money first and do things later, or do things first and get money later. 15. If I don’t have money or power, if I don’t treat you well, can you follow me? 16. No matter how rich people are, they are still in it.
1. Rich people are afraid that others will know that they are rich, while poor people are afraid that others will know that they have no money. 2. Can you choose life? It will always be like this now, I envy your leisure, and you envy my money.
3. When it comes to fees, it is in line with international standards, and when it comes to services, it is China's national conditions. 4. Money can buy a person's body, but it cannot buy a person's love.
5. Men become bad when they have money. Yes, many men are like this. However, men who become bad when they have money are not much better even if they have no money. 6. Once you have money in your hands, the boundaries between consumption and waste are blurred.
7. I won’t bend down if money falls from the sky, because even pies won’t fall from the sky, let alone money. 8. When you have no money, your wife is also your secretary; when you are rich, your secretary is also your wife.
9. I am not RMB, so I cannot please everyone. 10. Love does not necessarily mean money, and money does not necessarily mean love.
11. All women should get married and try to make their husbands earn money to support them. 12. Money can buy a house but not a home. It can buy a marriage but not love. It can buy a clock but not time. Money is not everything, but the source of pain.
Give me your money and let me bear the pain alone! 13. Although I cannot be the descendant of a rich man, I must be the ancestor of a rich man. 14. Most people take money first and do things later, or do things first and get money later.
15. If I don’t have money or power, if I don’t treat you well, can you follow me? 16. No matter how rich people are, they are still worried about money. 17. It is impossible for people to bring money into the coffin, but money may bring people into the coffin.
18. This is the advantage of having so many people in China. You don’t need to consider repeat customers. You can make money by just going to places where new users are densely populated. 19. When we live in this world, the most important thing is to live happily, and whether we are happy or not has nothing to do with rich or poor, high or low, or age.
20. It is better to be poor and find a wife who loves you than to be rich and find a wife who loves your money. 21. Links are like money. They only generate value after they are circulated.
22. A successful husband is one who has more money than his wife can spend all of it; a successful wife is one who finds this kind of husband. 23. The money in our hands is a tool to maintain freedom.
24. When we are poor, we truly love each other; when we are rich, we no longer love each other. Is love nourished by the previous poverty, or is it overwhelmed by the current wealth? 25. It is difficult for a rich man to be a man without money! 26. We had a little disagreement: she wanted me to turn dirt into gold, and I wanted her to treat gold like dirt! 27. When someone tells you "it's not about money, it's about principle", nine times out of ten it's about money. 28. Those who don’t have money always think that rich people’s money is bought with love, and those who don’t have love always think that the love of those who have love is bought with money.
29. Really rich people are lonely people! The truly sentimental people are the poor! 30. Don’t believe in love at first sight, because you can’t tell how much money the other person earns at a glance. 31. The way to make money is to make money with physical strength at the bottom, make money with knowledge at the bottom, and make money with money at the top.
32. Back then, if you didn’t go to college, you would be poor for the rest of your life, but now, if you go to college, you will be poor immediately. 33. My father asked me what I want to pursue in life? I answered money and beauty, and my father slapped me in the face fiercely; I answered career and love, and my father touched my head appreciatively.
34. I want a lot of love. If there is no love, then there is a lot of money. If there is neither, health is also good.
35. Money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible. 36. If a man has money, he will have a good relationship with everyone.
37. A country’s top secret is where taxpayers’ money goes. 38. Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the worst part is, I don’t know which half.
39. Most of the 80% of the poor in the world have happy love, while 80% of the 20% of the rich lack happy love. 40. If my boss doesn’t give me a raise next month, I will resign. Before resigning, I will give him two Chinese coins and beat him to death.
41. The poor keep silent about money because they want to save face and suffer; the rich keep silent about money, but the well-fed do not know the hungry. 42. Money is not everything, sometimes a credit card is needed.
43. We seem to have entered an era where love can only be proven by giving money. 5. Famous verses and verses about the "view of money" etc.
1. To make friends with people in the world, gold is needed. Without more gold, friendship will not be deep. Even if the promise is temporary, it will eventually be a long journey - from "Inscribed on the Master of Chang'an Wall" by Zhang Wei of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: People in the world need gold to make friends, and friendship without money is mostly plastic friendship. Even if there is If you over-promise, you will end up as indifferent as a passerby.
2. If you are poor, you can take care of yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world - from Bai Juyi's "Nine Books of the Yuan Dynasty" in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: When it is not useful, just focus on self-cultivation; when it is useful, it will benefit the world.
3. The bustling world is all for profit; the bustling world is all for profit - from Chapter 129 "Biographies of Huo Shi" in "Historical Records" by Sima Qian, a famous historian and writer in the Western Han Dynasty ".
Translation: People all over the world flock to each other for the sake of profit, and everyone goes their separate ways for the sake of profit. It refers to the fact that all living beings in the world are running for their own interests.
4. Everyone will give their life for you, everyone will sell their body for you - from the anonymous poem "Ti Qian" in the late Qing Dynasty.
Translation: Since ancient times, countless people have sold their lives for money, been ungrateful, ruined their reputations, lived a lifetime, lost their personality, and been ruined. There are endless phenomena.
5. Money can bring about ghosts, but how about people? ——From "On the God of Money" written by Lu Bao, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty.
Translation: As long as you are willing to spend money, someone will do anything for you. 6. Poems or famous sayings about money
Money is not a panacea, but without money it is absolutely impossible. With money, you can do many things in this world. Only youth But it cannot be purchased with money.
——Lemant Time is money Shakespeare’s famous saying that cursed money: "Gold, yellow, shining, precious gold! Just a little bit can turn black into white, The ugly becomes beautiful, the wrong becomes right, the humble becomes noble, the old becomes young, the coward becomes brave...". Rich people never miss an opportunity to be cheesy.
——Balzac People who do not make money with their own hands are often not greedy for money; only those who make money with their own hands have one pen and two pens.
—— Plato Why should a person be rich? Why must he have horses, fine clothes, a beautiful house, and access to public places and entertainment venues? Because of lack of ideas.
You give his mind a new image, and he will escape to a lonely garden or an attic to enjoy it. This dream makes them so rich that even if they are given a state as a fief, they will not be able to enjoy it. Still not worth it. But in the end we realize we have no money because we have no ideas.
Initially we felt that we must be rich because we were indulged in carnal desires. —— Emerson Money can do many things, but it cannot do everything.
We should know its domain. And confine it there; even kick them back when it wants to go further.
—— Carlyle If a person wants to feel that everything in the world is vibrant and interesting when he is young, then he needs money. Why doesn't God reverse the usual process and let most people acquire wealth first, spend it slowly, and then die a pauper when they no longer need the money? ——Mark Twain Every step of a person's life from birth to death should be a cash-buying and selling relationship across the counter. If we don't get to heaven in this way, then heaven will not be a place dominated by political economy. It has nothing to do with us.
——Di Gengxin Money is a passport that allows us to remove any regional frontier except heaven; at the same time, it can also provide us with anything except happiness. - Charles Lamb It is difficult for a person who loves money very much to love his children very much at any time.
The two are like God and the God of Wealth, inseparable. ——Samuel Butler Money! Money is the most demonic of all human inventions.
Nothing else is more despicable and deceitful than money, and therefore no other aspect provides such fertile ground for cultivating hypocrisy. ——Makarenko All overly careful attention to wealth reeks of greed, and even handling money with an overly intentional and unnatural generosity cannot be bothered with directing and caring.
—— Montaigne If you regard money as God, it will torture you like the devil ----- Fielding If you lose money, you lose very little; if you lose a friend , a lot is lost; if you lose your courage, you lose everything. (Germany) Gothic An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. With money, you can do many things in this world, but youth cannot be purchased with money.
——Lemant The greed for money and enjoyment is not happiness. ——"Aesop's Fables" I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all the money I have spent. ——Li Bai As the saying goes: Time is money, and money can make the world go round.
Money is not everything, but nothing is impossible without money. Gentlemen love money. Money can buy you the best dog, but only love can make it wag its tail. Give you some more English The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies.Roman Abramovich - Goals - Winning - Money - FunMoney is one of the most important subjects of your entire life. Some of life's greatest enjoyments and most of life's greatest disappointments stem from your decisions about money . Whether you experience great peace of mind or constant anxiety will depend on getting your finances under control.Robert G Allen - Money - Life - DecisionsI think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don't think the derogatory ''managed relationships''. It is a question of sharing emotion and feelings. The common denominator of everything can't be money, and it should not be money. Anil Ambani - Work - Management - Money - PeopleFinancial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it's not just the rich kids that learn about money.. it's all of us.David Bach - Rich - Learning - Finance - MoneyRidiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it's about getting a balance. Richard Branson - Life - Philanthropy - Money -. 7. Ancient poems about money
Ancient poems about money include: 1. "The Charcoal Seller" by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty. Original text: The charcoal seller cut down firewood to burn charcoal in the southern mountains.
His face was dusty and smoky, his temples were gray and his fingers were black. Where do you make money from selling charcoal? The clothes on your body and the food in your mouth.
Poor, I am wearing only plain clothes, and I am worried that the weather will be cold. Translation: There was an old charcoal seller who spent the whole year cutting firewood and burning charcoal in the Nanshan Mountains.
His face was covered with dust and looked burnt by smoke, his hair on his temples was gray, and his ten fingers were blackened by charcoal. What do you use the money you get from selling charcoal? Buy the clothes you wear and the food you eat.
Unfortunately, he was only wearing thin clothes, but he was worried that the charcoal would not be sold, and he also hoped that the weather would be colder. 2. Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "About to Enter the Wine", original text: The master says that he has little money, so he must sell it at his discretion.
The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and I will sell the eternal sorrow with you. Translation: Master, why do you say you don’t have much money anymore? Just bring me some wine and let me drink with my friends.
No matter whether it is a precious five-flowered horse or a fox fur fur, quickly ask the waiter to take it all and exchange it for fine wine, and drink with you to dissolve this eternal sorrow. 3. "Three Poems on the Difficult Journey (Part 1)" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty Original text: A gold bottle of wine is worth ten thousand dollars, and a jade plate is worth ten thousand dollars of treasure.
Stopping the cup and throwing chopsticks, I can’t eat. I draw my sword and look around at a loss. If you want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, you will have to climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang.
I was fishing on the Bixi River when I was free, and suddenly I was riding a boat and dreaming about the sun. Traveling is difficult! Traveling is difficult! Duoqi Road, where is it now? There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds and sails are hung directly to help the sea.
Translation: The fine wine in the gold cup is worth ten thousand dollars, and the precious dishes in the jade plate are worth ten thousand dollars. But my sadness made me put down my cup and chopsticks and refused to eat.
He pulled out his sword and looked around, feeling confused. If you want to cross the Yellow River, the river will be blocked by solid ice; if you want to climb the Taihang Mountains, heavy snow will cover the mountains.
Reminiscing about the time when Jiang Taigong was fishing in Fenxi River and met the talented King Wen; Yi Yin took a boat to dream about the sun and was employed by Shang Tang. How difficult the road of life is, how difficult it is, and how complicated it is. Where is the real road? I firmly believe that the time to ride the wind and waves will definitely come, and when that time comes, we will set sail and sail across the blue sea and blue sky.
4. "Autumn Embrace" by Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty. Original text: Isn't it good to save things, why is Autumn Embrace so sad! West wind wine flag city, drizzle and chrysanthemum sky. His temples are full of sorrow and shame, and he has eaten thousands of dollars.
When will the deer chariot return to Yingdong Tian? Translation: What is dissatisfying about the scenery of this season? But somehow, facing this autumn scenery, I couldn't help but feel sad.
The west wind is blowing, and the wine flags in the market are fluttering in the wind; it is drizzling, and golden chrysanthemums are blooming everywhere. When I think about state affairs and family affairs, my temples turn gray with worry; I waste my royal salary in vain, and I feel ashamed in my heart.
When will my wish be fulfilled: holding a deer cart, returning to Yingdong, plowing fields and planting mulberry trees. 5. Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty, "Playing with the Old Man of the Huamen Restaurant" Original text: The old man still sells wine at seventy, and there are thousands of pots and urns of flowers at the door.
The elm pods beside the road look like money. Are you willing to pick them and sell them for wine? Translation: This old man is still selling wine at the age of seventy, placing thousands of wine bottles and wine jars at the entrance of Huamen Tower. The elm pods beside the road also look like bunches of copper coins. I will pick them off and use them to buy wine. Can you sell them? 6. Yu Guobao of the Southern Song Dynasty, "The Wind Comes into the Pine·One Spring Is Spending Money on Spending" Original text: One spring is spent spending money on spending money, and I get drunk by the lake every day.
Yu Cong is accustomed to knowing West Lake Road, and he passed by in front of Gu Restaurant. The fragrance of red apricots plays the flute and the drums, and the shadows of the green poplars play on the swing.
The warm wind blows across the beautiful sky, and the flowers on the temples are offset by the clouds. The painting boat carries the spring back, the remaining feelings are paid, the lake water and the lake smoke.
Tomorrow I will help the disabled drunk again and come to look for the flowers on the road. Translation: When spring comes, I don’t know how much money I have spent on shopping, and I am intoxicated by the West Lake every day.
The jade horse knew the way around the West Lake very well, and walked past the restaurant with its head held high and neighing. In the fragrance of red apricots, flutes and drums are booming, and in the shadow of green poplar trees, there is joyful swinging.
In the spring breeze, beautiful women are graceful on the ten-mile road, and the flowers on their heads push their temples aside. As the sun sets in the west, the painting boat returns with the spring scenery, but the pleasure of the tour is not exhausted and the lake is filled with mist.
Tomorrow, I will take the remaining drunkenness and go to the path on the lake to look for the lost flowers. 8. Poems about hanging money
About frugality:
Ancient poems
Two poems about pity for farmers
Li Shen
< p> It is noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil.Who knows that every meal on the plate is hard work.
Plant one grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn.
There is no idle land everywhere, and farmers are still starving to death.
Ode to History
--Li Shangyin
Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved by diligence and frugality, and ruined by extravagance.
Everything in the world is often accomplished by diligence and frugality but failed by luxury. --Lu You
Sentence:
A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties.
Source
"Book of Changes·Fu"
A careless gentleman uses the virtue of frugality to avoid danger.
Be diligent in your country and be frugal in your family.
Source
"Shang Shu Dayu Mo"
The general idea is to be diligent in national affairs and frugal in family life.
Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil.
Source
"Zuo Zhuan: The Twenty-Fourth Year of Duke Zhuang"
Being careless and frugal is the greatest virtue among good deeds; luxury is the greatest evil among evil deeds. evil.
People's livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence means nothing.
Source
"Zuo Zhuan·Xuan Gong Twelve Years"
The livelihood of the common people depends on hard work. Only by working hard can there be no shortage of property. .
Thrift leads to prosperity, while immorality leads to ruin.
Source
"Mozi·Ci Guo"
Carelessness and frugality will lead to prosperity, while lust and pleasure will lead to ruin.
The story of diligence and thrift:
The story of Ji Wenzi
Ji
Wenzi was born in a family with three generations of ministers. A nobleman and famous diplomat from the State of Lu, he served as an official for more than 30 years.
He lived a frugal life, taking frugality as the foundation of his life, and asked his family to live a frugal life. He only wanted to dress simply and neatly.
He didn't have many decent clothes except court clothes. Every time he went out, he rode in extremely simple carriages and horses. Seeing that he was so frugal, a man named Zhongsunzi advised Ji Wenzi: "As a minister, you are highly virtuous and respected, but I heard that you don't allow your wives and concubines to wear silk clothes at home. Feed the horses with food. If you don't pay attention to your appearance and clothing, won't you look too shabby and make other countries laugh at you? Doing so will also harm the dignity of our country. People will say that you belong to Lu.
What kind of life does Shang Qing live? Why don't you change this way of life? It will be beneficial to yourself and the country. Why not?" After hearing this, Ji Wenzi smiled lightly and said to the man. Seriously: "I
also hope to decorate my home luxuriously and elegantly, but look at the people in our country. There are still many people who eat food that is too rough to swallow and wear shabby clothes. There are still people who are suffering from cold and starvation; thinking of this, how can I have the heart to buy property for myself? If the common people are poor and poor, and I dress up as a concubine and raise grain and horses, what will happen? Where is the conscience of being an official? Besides, I heard that the strength and glory of a country can only be shown by the noble conduct of its subjects, not by their beautiful wives and good horses. In this case, how can I accept your suggestion? Guang's words made Zhongsun look ashamed, and at the same time, he felt even more sorry for Ji Wenzi. After that, he also followed Ji Wenzi's example and paid great attention to the simplicity of life. His wives and concubines only wore clothes made of ordinary cloth, and the horses at home were only fed with chaff and weeds.