Throughout history, every wise country's success comes from thrift, and its decline comes from luxury. Why do you have to use amber as a pillow? Why take pearls on horseback?
2, the official warehouse mouse is as big as a bucket, and people will not leave when they open the warehouse. The soldiers guarding the frontier have no food, and the industrious people are starving. Who sends the grain from the official warehouse to your mouth every day? -"Official Hamster" Cao Ye in Tang Dynasty
The rats in the official granary are as big as a bucket of rice, and they don't run when they see someone opening the granary. Soldiers guarding the frontier have no food, and hardworking people are starving. Who puts the grain in the official warehouse into your mouth every day?
3. Don't boast about the good color, leaving only the dry Kun in the air. -"Mo Mei" Wang Yuan noodles
It doesn't need others to praise its color, but only cares about filling the faint fragrance between heaven and earth.
4, the black veil is not an official, and the sleeves are cold. Write a thin bamboo and make it into a fishing rod on the autumn river. -Zheng Xie in the Qing Dynasty, "Gao Yu Gui Li, Painting Bamboo and Different Gentlemen and Wei County People"
I decided to quit my job and official position, and came home penniless. I drew a thin bamboo, which can be used as a fishing rod by the cool river in autumn.
5, Sipa mushroom line incense, this capital is not a disaster. The wind blows the sleeves to the sky, so as not to talk short. -Yu Qian's Ming Dynasty Going to Beijing
Silk handkerchiefs, mushrooms, incense sticks and other local products. What should have been enjoyed by ordinary people themselves was taken away by officials, which brought disaster to the people. In order not to be gossiped by the people, I went to Beijing empty-handed to see the emperor.