-"Twenty-four years of Zuo Zhuan and Zhuang Gong"

Diligence means thrift, which includes two important aspects: hard work and saving money. Since ancient times, China has regarded frugality as the virtue of self-cultivation and housekeeping. The history book says, "If you are diligent every day, you dare not 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. In today's 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.

There are many historical figures who cultivate themselves by diligence and thrift. They are not only diligent in national undertakings, but also very frugal in family life. Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of our people. The legendary ancient sages all did this. For example, Yao is particularly concerned about the people and thinks that others are hungry and cold because they don't do their job well, which is their own fault. But his own life is very frugal. He often wears coarse clothes, eats coarse rice and drinks wild vegetable soup. It is precisely because Yao is thrifty in his career and life that he won the love of the people and became a saint.