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1. The original text and translation of "Advocating frugality" in classical Chinese Peng Xueqin advocates frugality and occasionally reveals it like a village owner. When I visited the Yangtze River, I didn't go to the camp office (1). The camp officer was anxious to remove all the antiques and garlands displayed in the hall. At first, I dared to meet. A lieutenant bought a jade clock for 1000 yuan. Hearing this, he jumped to the ground with a bang. When the public saw it, they all smiled and said, "What a pity!" The assistant general was completely stunned and did not dare to look up. Fan Zeng met his friend, but he frowned. Finally, he couldn't sit down, but he liked Chili bean curd. Someone called (6) to the West Lake: "retire to the provincial nunnery", wearing a silk robe and a wool coat, which has cracked in several places and the crown tassel (7) is yellow. There are only two things in the room except pens and inkstones, ibis (8). For a long time (9), living rice, garden vegetables and tree species were just a plate of meat in the middle. (1) Camp Management Office: the residence of military officers (2) Start: Only (3) Be completely scared (4) Eat: Eat: (5) Do things (6) Visit (7) Crown tassels: ribbons tied under the chin on the hat (8

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Peng Xueqin strongly advocates living a simple life. Sometimes I visit privately and dress like a village man. When patrolling the Yangtze River, whenever visiting a camp, officers always hastily remove all the antiques and gorgeous furnishings in the hall before they dare to welcome (Peng Xueqin) in. A lieutenant bought a jade chime for 1200 silver. As soon as I heard that Peng Xueqin had arrived, I rushed in with my arms. But in his hands and feet, the jade chime fell to the ground with a bang and broke into pieces. Peng Xueqin saw it and said with a smile, "What a pity!" The lieutenant was so scared that he almost broke out in a cold sweat that he dared not look up at him. Once a friend invited him to dinner. (Peng Xueqin) He frowned when he saw a table full of delicacies. He didn't move chopsticks to taste it from beginning to end, just ate a little pepper and bean paste. Someone visited Peng Xueqin at the West Lake Retirement Temple where he lived. He was wearing thick silk and a short wool jacket, which was cracked in several places and the color of the hat belt turned yellow. There are only two bamboo boxes in the living room except pens, ink, paper and inkstone. After a long time, he ordered dinner. I planted several dishes in the garden, with only a pot of meat in the middle. [1] Translation Sentence (1) A lieutenant bought a jade clock for 1000 yuan. When he heard this, he threw himself on the ground with a bang. A lieutenant bought a jade chime for 1200 silver. As soon as he heard that Peng Xueqin had arrived, he rushed in with it. Unexpectedly, in his hands and feet, the jade chime fell to the ground with a bang and smashed to pieces. (2) Living meal, vegetable garden, and a plate of meat in the middle. He ordered dinner and planted several dishes in his garden, with only one dish of meat in the middle. The spirit is simple, frugal, friendly and not ostentatious, and hates extravagance and waste. Simple and concrete embodiment: 1 The officer greeted Peng Xueqin and dared not put precious things outside; 2. Don't eat delicacies while eating; 3. Simple clothes and light diet; 4. Be hard and plain; There are only two bamboo boxes in the room except pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

2. Save classical Chinese 1, but every meal is very hard.

Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality.

3 a porridge and a meal are hard to come by; It is difficult to keep thinking about material resources.

This sentence is used in almost all canteens.

4 Every time you eat, you will think of the difficulty of farming;

Every piece of clothing embodies the hardships of textile.

5 From simplicity to luxury, from luxury to simplicity.

Saving money is like picking dirt with a needle, and using money is like pushing sand with water.

Thrift training shows health.

Sima guang

I am a poor family, and there is no evil in the world. I don't like luxury by nature. I am a baby. My elders gave me gorgeous gold and silver clothes, and I don't want to be ashamed to give them up. Twenty surnames, Wenxi, no flowers for a solo banquet. In the same year, he said, "Your gift is inviolable." This is a flower. Take clothes to keep out the cold and eat to fill your stomach all your life; I dare not use despicable means to correct vulgarity, I just follow my nature.

Everyone is proud of luxury, and my heart is only beautiful if it is frugal. Everyone laughs at me, and I don't think I'm sick. It should be said: Confucius said "solid is not as follows"; He also said: "It's hard to stand up." He also said: "It is not enough to have ambition in the discussion and be ashamed of poor food and clothing." The ancients regarded thrift as a virtue, but today people criticize it. Hey, what a surprise!

In recent years, customs have been particularly extravagant, with soldiers dressed like soldiers and farmers stepping on silk. I remember that among the heavenly saints, the first male is the official, and the guests never drink alcohol, but it is still three lines and five lines, but not more than seven lines. Wine is in the market, such as pears, chestnuts, dates and persimmons; The dish ends with preserved fruit and vegetable soup and is painted with porcelain. At that time, the literati were all natural, and people were wrong. Know the number and be diligent, thin and affectionate. Recently, the scholar-bureaucrat family, wine is not the law, fruits and vegetables are not rare from afar, food is not good, utensils are not complete, dare not meet guests and friends, and then dare to publish books. If not, people will refute it and think it is despicable. Therefore, those who don't follow the custom put on fresh clothes. Ha ha! The custom is so decadent, although the incumbent can't ban it, bear with it!

I also heard that Li Wenjing was the prime minister in the past, and he ruled Fengqiu Gate. Before listening, he only allowed the horse to rotate, or it was too narrow. The public laughed and said, "Those who take the lead should be passed on to future generations. This is a sincere pass for the Prime Minister to listen to things. He has been very lenient in giving gifts and listening to things. " Duke Lu, who participated in politics, was an admonition officer. The true sects called him urgently, so he got it from a restaurant, went into a restaurant, asked him where he was from, and treated him honestly. He said, "Why do you drink in the hotel to take care of the officials?" Right: "My family is poor. If the guests have no utensils, dishes or fruits, please go to the restaurant." There is no hiding, which is beneficial. Zhang Wenjie is a relative. When he was the secretary of Heyangzhang, relatives or rules said, "I got a lot of salary today, but I gave it myself." Although the public is confident and clear about the contract, there are also many outsiders who are ridiculed by Gongsun Bu. The public should follow the crowd less. "The crowd sighed:" My salary today, although my family has plenty of food and clothing, why not? Considering human nature, frugality is easy and difficult. How often can I get paid today? Can the body last forever? Once it is different from today, family members are used to luxury for a long time, and they will lose money if they can't be frugal. Is it always like a day for me to live, die and die? "oh! A great sage's foresight is beyond the reach of mediocre people!

Yu Sun said, "Thrift is virtue." Waste is a great evil. "* * *, in the same way, all people who speak virtue come from thrift. If a husband is frugal, he wants to be small: if a gentleman wants to be small, he will not be able to be straight; Little people have few desires. If they can use them carefully, they will stay away from evil. So, "frugality is also a virtue. "Luxury is more, and a gentleman who wants more is greedy and ruined. If a villain wants more, he will seek more, and he will perish; So they will bribe officials and steal their hometown. Therefore, luxury is a great evil. " 」

I used to try my father's porridge for a living; Meng Nuo will have talents after he knows it. Ji Wenzi is the three kings, my concubine doesn't wear clothes and silks, my horse doesn't eat millet, and a gentleman thinks loyalty. Guan Zhong's works are very successful.

3. Avoid extravagance and waste, advocate thrift, and translate the original classical Chinese:

Luxury is not enough, why do thrifty people have more than enough? Those who can work hard and complain about culture and education are not as good as those who are ignorant and full of truth.

Translation:

Luxury people feel that no amount of wealth is enough. How can this compare with those poor people who live frugally and are satisfied? If a talented person is disgusted by the public because of fatigue, then there is no place like a clumsy person who can preserve his pure nature because of idleness.

Precautions:

Work hard and complain: work hard and complain and slander. Ease and truth: being free and unfettered, keeping one's nature, is originally the language of Taoism, because Taoism calls a perfect person a real person.

Appreciate:

Everything is relative. If you don't look at things from a relative perspective, you will tend to be absolute, but fix things and keep them unchanged. Just like money in modern life, it is indispensable, but it is extreme to regard it as the whole of life. People who live in luxury, no matter how much property they have, will eventually squander it. On the surface, he seems to be happy, but in fact, he is often dissatisfied, because the more his property, the stronger his desire, which shows that human desire seems to fill the gap of dissatisfaction forever. On the other hand, a thrifty person can live within his means on weekdays. Although he is not rich, he never feels short of money, so he has no wild desires and lives a very happy life quietly. We should be satisfied with life and pay attention to methods in our work. You can't bend your head and work hard everywhere because you have many talents, which may lead to resentment and fail to do things well. For the average person, acting according to one's ability may suppress others' talents and make others unable to express themselves: if a person is in power, his ability should not be reflected in how to participate in it personally, but in how to organize and manage it so that everyone can show his ability. Moreover, any contradiction arises because things are done, the situation is alive, and contradictions begin to appear; People are in a stagnant pool, and their minds are relatively stable. Then whoever does it becomes the center of contradiction, so why not collect complaints? Idle people stay out of it, and of course they will judge from time to time. Therefore, energy should be relative, and whether individual energy can accommodate everyone's energy. Before you do anything, you should have a look and think.

4. Classical Chinese stresses frugality 1, text:

Things in the world are easy, but those that are difficult are easy; If you don't do it, it will be difficult for people who are easy to learn. If you don't learn, it will be difficult for people who are easy to change. There are two monks in Shu, one is poor and the other is rich. The poor man said to the rich man, "What is the South China Sea I want?" The rich man said, "How can I rely on it?" "A bottle and a bowl are enough for me," said the rich man. "For several years, I have always wanted to buy a boat, but I have never been able to do so. How can I rely on it? " The next year, the poor will come back from the South China Sea to tell the rich. The rich will be ashamed. The trip to the South China Sea in West Shu is thousands of miles away, and the rich monks can't go, and the poor monks are even farther away. Man's ambition is not as good as that of humble monks in Shu.

Translation:

Is there a difference between hard and easy things in the world? As long as you do it, no matter how difficult it is, it will become easy. If you don't do it, simple things will become difficult. Is there a difference between learning difficultly and learning easily? As long as you study, difficult things will become easy. If you don't study, it will be so easy and so difficult.

There are two monks on the border of Sichuan. One of them is poor and the other is rich. The poor monk said to the rich monk, "I want to go to the South China Sea. How about it? "

The rich monk said, "What are you going to do?"

The poor monk said, "A water bottle and a rice bowl are enough for me."

Rich monk said, "I've been trying to rent a boat down the river for years, but I haven't been successful." How can you go? "

The next year, the poor monk came back from the South China Sea and told the rich monk that he was ashamed.

Sichuan is thousands of miles away from the South China Sea. I don't know if the rich monk can reach it, but the poor monk has arrived. Isn't a person who is determined to study worse than a poor monk in Sichuan?

2. Original text:

Tang Lei, named Wei Jie, is also from Laizhou. At the age of three, my father and his family lived in Emin, Xinjiang, and devoted themselves to farming and studying. The village called him Dunham. /kloc-When he made a fortune in Beijing in 0/6, his father offered sacrifices to celebrate. Ray said, "What power does God have today? Because I am eager to learn, I am blessed to say it, but I want to laugh. " At the age of 20, I graduated as an auditor. I carefully remembered that my colleagues were called geniuses. Lei tried to audit Su Jiatuo, handle affairs impartially, take and go selflessly, and the people didn't pay for Lei's work, but Lei didn't do it. All people believe in their justice.

Translation:

Tang Lei, whose real name is Wei Jie, is from Laizhou, Shandong. At the age of three, my father moved to Emin, Xinjiang with his family. His father set an example, thrifty, engaged in agricultural production to support his son to write books independently, and his neighbors praised their family harmony. Tang Lei/Kloc-came to Beijing at the age of 0/6 and was admitted by the Central University of Finance and Economics. His father went to the temple with offerings, but Tang Lei said to his father, "Did the gods help today?" ? Because I study hard. God bless it. It's just a joke. "When he was twenty years old, he graduated from university and became an auditor. He works rigorously and has a good memory. His colleagues all say that he is a capable man. He has been to Sujiatuo for auditing and justice, and has never taken any benefits without permission. When he left, the crowd chased him for souvenirs, because he never accepted gifts when he worked in the local area, but he still refused to accept them. The masses admire his love and sense of justice.

5. Classical Chinese about frugality shows health.

Sima guang

I am a poor family, and there is no evil in the world. I don't like luxury by nature. I am a baby. My elders dressed me in gold and silver, and I don't want to be ashamed to give up. Twenty surnames, Wenxi, no flowers for a solo banquet. In the same year, he said, "Your gift is inviolable." This is a flower. Take clothes to keep out the cold and eat to fill your stomach all your life; I dare not use despicable means to correct vulgarity, I just follow my nature.

Everyone is proud of luxury, and my heart is only beautiful if it is frugal. Everyone laughs at me, and I don't think I'm sick. It should be said: Confucius said "solid is not as follows"; He also said: "It's hard to stand up." He also said: "It is not enough to have ambition in the discussion and be ashamed of poor food and clothing." The ancients regarded thrift as a virtue, but today people criticize it. Hey, what a surprise!

In recent years, customs have been particularly extravagant, with soldiers dressed like soldiers and farmers stepping on silk. I remember that among the heavenly saints, the first male is the official, and the guests never drink alcohol, but it is still three lines and five lines, but not more than seven lines. The wine flows together, with pears, chestnuts, dates and persimmons; The dish ends with preserved fruit and vegetable soup and is painted with porcelain. At that time, the literati were all natural, and people were wrong. Know the number and be diligent, thin and affectionate. Recently, the scholar-bureaucrat family, wine is not the law, fruits and vegetables are not rare from afar, food is not good, utensils are not complete, dare not meet guests and friends, and then dare to publish books. If not, people will refute it and think it is despicable. Therefore, those who don't follow the custom put on fresh clothes. Ha ha! The custom is so decadent, although the incumbent can't ban it, bear with it!

I also heard that Li Wenjing was the prime minister in the past, and he ruled Fengqiu Gate. Before listening, he only allowed the horse to rotate, or it was too narrow. The public laughed and said, "Those who take the lead should be passed on to future generations. This is a sincere pass for the Prime Minister to listen to things. He has been very lenient in giving gifts and listening to things. " Duke Lu, who participated in politics, was an admonition officer. The true sects called him urgently, so he got it from a restaurant, went into a restaurant, asked him where he was from, and treated him honestly. He said, "Why do you drink in the hotel to take care of the officials?" Right: "My family is poor. If the guests have no utensils, dishes or fruits, please go to the restaurant." There is no hiding, which is beneficial. Zhang Wenjie is a relative. When he was the secretary of Heyangzhang, relatives or rules said, "I got a lot of salary today, but I gave it myself." Although the public is confident and clear about the contract, there are also many outsiders who are ridiculed by Gongsun Bu. The public should follow the crowd less. "The crowd sighed:" My salary today, although my family has plenty of food and clothing, why not? Considering human nature, frugality is easy and difficult. How often can I get paid today? Can the body last forever? Once it is different from today, family members are used to luxury for a long time, and they will lose money if they can't be frugal. Is it always like a day for me to live, die and die? "oh! A great sage's foresight is beyond the reach of mediocre people!

Yu Sun said, "Thrift is virtue." Waste is a great evil. "* * *, in the same way, all people who speak virtue come from thrift. If a husband is frugal, he wants to be small: if a gentleman wants to be small, he will not be able to be straight; Little people have few desires. If they can use them carefully, they will stay away from evil. So, "frugality is also a virtue. "Luxury is more, and a gentleman who wants more is greedy and ruined. If a villain wants more, he will seek more, and he will perish; So they will bribe officials and steal their hometown. Therefore, luxury is a great evil. " 」

I used to try my father's porridge for a living; Meng Nuo will have talents after he knows it. Ji Wenzi is the three kings, my concubine doesn't wear clothes and silks, my horse doesn't eat millet, and a gentleman thinks loyalty. Guan Zhong's name is Zhu Heshan Jujube, but Confucius despises his gadgets. Uncle Wen Zi likes Wei Linggong, and Shi Qiu knows its disaster; And defense, if you are rich, you will offend, and if you die, you will die. He used to live on food and money until Sun was so arrogant that he lost everything. Shi Chong boasted and died in the East City. In recent days, Duke Kelai has been extravagant for a while, but he has made great achievements, and his descendants have learned the wind. Now he is poor. The rest are famous for their frugality, and many people have lost themselves because of extravagance and waste. I can't count them. Here are a few people to teach you. If you are not a disciple, you should cultivate your children and let them know the customs of their predecessors.

6. China classical about thrift, thrift, Wang Wen, the ancients said: "frugality, virtue is also * * *; Luxury is the greatest evil ","Throughout the sages' countries, frugality breaks luxury ".

Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the people of China and the fine traditions of the Chinese nation. As small as a person, a family, as big as a country, the whole human race can't survive and develop without these four words.

It can be said that self-cultivation, family planning and governing the country are inseparable from diligence and thrift. Zhuge Liang takes "quiet to cultivate self-cultivation, frugality to cultivate self-cultivation" as the way of "cultivating self-cultivation"; Zhu Jiang "has porridge and rice, and it is hard to think about it; Half a silk and half a wisp, always thinking about material difficulties "is regarded as the motto of" let the family be together "; * * * Take "practicing economy and building the country through diligence and thrift" as the experience of "governing the country". References:

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7. In ancient China, it was difficult for a gentleman to preserve virtue.

Source: ZhouyiNo.. A gentleman uses the virtue of thrift to avoid danger.

It is pointed out that Zhouyi contains simple dialectical thought, and there are many places to explain the truth of things changing. This sentence has dialectical thinking.

On the one hand, making clear the virtue of thrift is helpful to nip in the bud and prevent extravagance and corruption; On the other hand, in the face of danger, especially in the face of material shortage, having the virtue of thrift is helpful to overcome danger. The author of Zhouyi believes that everything in heaven and earth has its ups and downs. When it doesn't work, it is necessary to cultivate one's morality and don't show oneself too much to tide over the difficulties.

Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family. The source is Shangshu Dayu Mo.

The general idea is to be diligent in running state undertakings and frugal in running family life. Remind us that thrift is the traditional virtue of our people.

The legendary ancient sages all did this, and they devoted themselves to state affairs. Dayu is diligent in managing water conservancy, but he can't make ends meet.

Yao is particularly concerned about the masses and thinks it is his fault that others are hungry and cold. The life of ancient sages was very frugal. They often wear coarse clothes, eat coarse rice and drink wild vegetable soup.

Yao, Shun and Yu are thrifty and thrifty in their careers and lives, winning the hearts of the people. Thrift, virtue * * * also; Waste is a great evil.

Source "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-four Years". Thrift is a great virtue of doing good; Luxury is the root of all evil.

It is suggested that Duke Zhuang of Lu order people to paint the pillars of the temple with red paint and carve patterns on the rafters, which is extravagant and rude. Yu Sun, a doctor, said this when he advised him, and pointed out that doing so actually injected "great evil" into the "great virtue" of his ancestors, which not only failed to please them, but humiliated them.

It can be seen that the ancients viewed thrift from the height of etiquette and virtue, and regarded extravagance and waste as a kind of evil. In today's extremely rich material, it is still a virtue worthy of our admiration to abstain from extravagance and thrift and not waste money.

People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not lacking. Source "Zuo Zhuan Gong Xuan Twelve Years".

The livelihood of ordinary people lies in hard work, and only hard work will not lack property. This is an old adage.

The understanding of the ancients is that as long as the people work hard and the society is stable, the people and the country will be rich. We still have to maintain the virtue of diligence and work hard in our respective posts, so that the country will be richer and the people's lives will be richer.

Thrift leads to prosperity, and fornication leads to death. The source is Mozi's Ci Guo.

Thrift will flourish, and lewdness and pleasure will perish. Some people think that among the pre-Qin philosophers, Mozi is famous for his willingness to live an ascetic life.

He hates the arrogance and extravagance of the rulers and advocates frugality. He spread his views everywhere, attracted a large number of people to be his disciples, and was unique among the pre-Qin philosophers.

At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?

Its source is Li Shen's "sympathy for farmers". At noon, farmers mowed in the scorching sun, and sweat dripped into the soil where the seedlings grew.

Who knew that every meal on the plate was so hard-won? It implies that the language of this poem is simple and profound.

There is a story about a rich man's son who didn't know how difficult the crops were. He often goes to restaurants to eat jiaozi, but he spits out all jiaozi and only eats meat. Later, a fire broke out at home and was razed to the ground overnight from Loumeige. He became a beggar and wanted to go to this restaurant. The boss treated him with dumpling wrappers, and he was deeply moved.

The boss said, you're welcome These are all skins that you threw away. I just picked them up to dry. The rich man's son is ashamed. Later, he worked hard, lived frugally and became rich again.

This story also confirms the truth that "everyone knows that every meal is hard". Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant.

The source is Li Shangyin's Ode to Histories. Throughout history, from the country to the family, all died of extravagance without exception.

It is suggested that throughout the ages, most successful entrepreneurs have experienced the stage of hard struggle, so they pay more attention to thrift. However, for the guardian, it is just the opposite. They have not experienced the hardships of starting a business, and are easy to covet luxury and enjoyment. The ultimate fate must be the decline of their career and the demise of the country.

This is the truth revealed by thousands of years of history. Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can die.

Source: The History of the New Five Dynasties and Biography of Lingguan. Worry and hard work can make a country prosperous, and the pursuit of comfort and enjoyment may lead to its own demise.

It is said that Li, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Five Dynasties, worked hard at first, defeated all his opponents and proclaimed himself emperor. However, he was later addicted to music and opera, loved actors, didn't make progress, and his subordinates made a fuss. He died in a mutiny after three years in office.

When Ouyang Xiu wrote Biography of Lingguan, he was deeply touched by this period of history and expounded the truth that "fatigue makes the country prosperous and leisure makes it die". China culture has a strong sense of hardship, especially when the country is in turmoil and the people are poor.

Confucius said that "those who have no distant worries must have near worries" and Mencius said that "being born with worries and dying with joy" emphasized the importance of maintaining a sense of hardship from the perspective of individuals and countries respectively. Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhi advised the emperor to "be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and save money" in order to achieve long-term stability.

It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. The source is Sima Guang's "Training with Diligence and Health".

It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to change from luxury to thrift. It is suggested that Sima Guang quote others' words to admonish future generations.

It emphasizes consciously keeping frugality and preventing extravagance and waste, which means encouraging yourself and warning the world. Everyone wants a good life, which is understandable.

But luxury is not desirable, and the pursuit is endless. Shang Zhouwang used a pair of ivory chopsticks, and his courtiers were about to run away because they saw Zhou Wang's greed, which would be unstoppable.

Therefore, adhering to thrift requires the ability of self-discipline. Take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough.

Source "Zi Jian" Volume 234. Take it in a planned way and spend it in moderation, and you will always be rich.

Some people think that this was written by Lu Zhi to the emperor in the Tang Dynasty, aiming at strengthening supervision.

8. You can have as much as you have. There is an aphorism in China that warns people to save (Denmark)

● There is no seed of gold, which comes from a thrifty family.

Save a mouthful when you are full and a bucket when you are hungry.

● There is a long stream of water, and there is no disaster.

● It is inevitable to save money on alcohol and tobacco and ask for help.

● When there is a shortage, save the shortage and save the shortage.

The benefits of living, the pain of using money.

Be careful for half a year, and it is not difficult to encounter famine.

● There is a reserve every year, and there is no shortage of people in famine years.

The inevitable consequence of luxury: the disintegration of weathering, which in turn leads to the corruption of interests (Britain)

Luxury will destroy people's spiritual purity, because unfortunately, the more you get, the more greedy you are, and you really always feel dissatisfied with yourself (angel)

Luxury is like wine, it excites and weakens (Karl)

Luxury and * * * are only a phenomenon of social corruption, and they are by no means the cause (Lu Xun)

● A person who pursues a high-level material life by hook or by crook must be a low-level person ideologically and morally.

Luxury is the death of virtue and justice (Switzerland)

:: Luxury is the starting point of national weakness (Cuba)

Content is the wealth of nature, and luxury is man-made poverty (Greece)

Fertile land, a liter of solar eclipse. There are thousands of rooms in Guangsha, and I sleep seven feet at night.

● If you are full, why do you want eight treasures? Seven feet, a thousand households?

● Forgot to put your hand behind you. There is no turning back at present.

● It's hard to think about a porridge and a meal, and it's hard to keep thinking about it.

9. Classical Chinese translation "Peng Xueqin advocates frugality" Peng Xueqin strongly advocates a frugal life.

Sometimes I visit privately and dress like a village man. When patrolling the Yangtze River, whenever visiting a camp, officers always hastily remove all the antiques and gorgeous furnishings in the hall before they dare to welcome (Peng Xueqin) in.

There was a lieutenant who bought a jade clock for 1200 silver. He heard that Peng Xueqin had arrived and rushed in with it. But in his hands and feet, the jade clock fell to the ground with a bang and broke into pieces. Peng Xueqin saw it and said with a smile, "What a pity!" The lieutenant was so scared that he almost broke out in a cold sweat that he dared not look up at him.

Once a friend invited him to dinner. (Peng Xueqin) He frowned when he saw a table full of delicacies. He didn't move chopsticks to taste it from beginning to end, just ate a little pepper and bean paste. Someone visited Peng Xueqin at the West Lake Retirement Temple where he lived. He was wearing thick silk and a short wool jacket, which was cracked in several places and the color of the hat belt turned yellow.

There are only two bamboo boxes in the living room except pens, ink, paper and inkstone. After a long time, he ordered dinner. I planted several pots of vegetables in the garden, with only one pot of meat in the middle.