Since ancient times, China has regarded frugality as the virtue of self-cultivation and governing the country. The history book says: "Only daily diligence, no one dares to slack off." Zuo Zhuan quoted an old saying: "People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not lacking." The Book of Changes put forward the theory of "abstinence makes it difficult", and Mozi has the theory of "abstinence makes life, and lewdness makes death". The ancients believed that frugality was a matter of life and death and could not be ignored.

Diligence means working hard and not slacking off. As the saying goes, "Nothing is impossible". If you work hard, nothing is impossible. No matter how stupid a person is, he can't do it as long as he is willing to spend time and energy. This is the truth that "diligence can make up for it". Whether a person can succeed depends mainly on whether he is diligent or not. Edison, the great inventor, succeeded because he achieved success and victory with "one minute of genius and 99 minutes of hard work".

On the other hand, not being diligent is lazy. Lazy people don't produce, even if they have the wealth of Jinshan Yinshan, they will eventually live in an empty land. We have all learned the story of waiting for the rabbit. The lazy farmer only knows how to sit back and enjoy the success. He doesn't work hard. In the end, the countryside was barren and accomplished nothing. As the saying goes, "There is nothing for nothing", and the result of laziness is self-destruction.

When it comes to thrift, it means saving as much money and material as possible, but thrift does not mean being stingy and penniless. The real meaning of thrift is to use it when it should be used, and to save when it is saved. Even if he earns little money, he knows that he can save money by saving money that he doesn't have to spend. This is what the ancients called proof.

The antonym of thrift is waste. If a person does not know how to be thrifty and live within his means, he will never have any savings and will always be a "poor man". Even the rich with wealth will eventually lose everything and even do shameless things to satisfy their vanity if they don't know how to be frugal and waste blindly. Therefore, the ancients said, "Save with sincerity."

Diligence is a virtue respected by our country since ancient times, and it is also a good living habit. In modern society, the concepts of economic growth and material consumption have changed greatly, but as a virtue, as a work attitude, lifestyle or policy of governing the country, thrift should be strongly advocated.