Diligence is the cornerstone of success and the fulcrum of development. Strong diligence can make a country or a dynasty prosperous, while luxury can only empty Jinshan treasury and bring decline and extinction. Throughout the history of the Chinese nation, as the poet Li Shangyin summed up in "Ode to an Epic": "Looking at the sages and countries of the past, it is from frugality to luxury." Qin Mugong believed in the idea of "frugality is the outlet, extravagance is the outlet", and worked diligently and conscientiously to govern the country, which laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Qin Empire and even the reunification of China. Emperor Wen of Han advocated thrift and extravagance, and initiated "cultural governance". Emperor Taizong established a brilliant Tang Dynasty with diligence, love for the people, diligence and self-discipline. "Jun, boat, people, water." The knife cuts bread and fingers. "With his diligence, he mastered the navigation route of the Tang Dynasty and sailed forward with the wind, which made people admire the rule of Zhenguan. On the other hand, Shang Zhouwang's luxuries, wine pools and meat forests, and day and night enjoyment soon ruined Shang Tang, a big country. Yang Di was extravagant, built a lot of buildings and gardens, ate delicacies, wore silk inlaid with gold, and went to Yangzhou by dragon boat three times. His life was decadent, which eventually led to corruption of officials, betrayal of his subordinates, people's uprising, and people's misery, and finally ended in the demise of an empire and the return of his soul. Tang Xuanzong indulged in debauchery and pleasure-seeking, "singing and dancing slowly, bringing out silk and bamboo, so that the emperor's eyes could never stare at her enough", which led to the chaos of national politics and the "Anshi rebellion" The colorful generation flourished in the Tang Dynasty and never returned.
Diligence and thrift can make a society and a nation rise and revive, become rich and strong, and stand among the nations of the world. The Chinese nation is such a nation. In modern times, the great China people and China compatriots have been bullied, humiliated, ceded land for compensation, invaded and plundered by the great powers, especially after the Japanese invaders invaded China. When the nation was in peril and the state sovereignty was lost, the China * * * production party, represented by Mao Zedong, always kept in mind the "two musts" and United as one. In the following days, the industrious Chinese nation, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), persisted in reform and opening up and built a well-off society, which made China with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization look brand-new. "Proud of hard work and ashamed of extravagance and waste" has been engraved in the hearts of Chinese people. The concept of "honor and disgrace" in the new period is related to the success or failure of our great socialist cause, and will certainly guide everyone in China to strive for the prosperity and rejuvenation of the country. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, some achievements made by the people of China are not so much a history of struggle as a history of self-improvement, prosperity and civilization. The frugality of the Chinese nation will certainly become a powerful force and vitality for the great rejuvenation of the nation.
For individuals, frugality can create personal glory, while luxury brings self-destruction. Emerson said, "Diligence is an inexhaustible feast in your life". Looking back, no matter in history or now, people who have achieved something are diligent and elegant. In the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang held an important position and worked hard all his life. When he was over 60 years old, he taught future generations to inherit and carry forward the family style of thrift and housekeeping by diligent training and showing his health. The editor-in-chief Zi Tongzhi Jian was immortal and became a masterpiece through the ages. Comrade Mao Zedong, the great revolutionary mentor, also regarded thrift as his virtue. During the Long March, he shared weal and woe with the soldiers and remained diligent after liberation. Under his leadership, a temporary new China made the world sit up and take notice. Madame Curie, a world-famous scientist, is very diligent. In a dark laboratory, she invented radium with her hard work, which was admired by scientists all over the world. On the contrary, people who live a luxurious life rarely achieve great things, even if they are prominent for a while, they will eventually be ruined. Wen Qiang, the former director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Justice, was extravagant because of greed, decadent because of extravagance, and destroyed because of corruption;