What are the stories of the ancients who were thrifty and thrifty

Tian He Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty not only made outstanding contributions to historiography, but also meticulously educated the next generation with foresight and sagacity. He said: "Thrift can make a name for yourself, and luxury will lead to self-defeat."

This article was written for his son Sima Kang. It seems to be written in writing, but it is clearly organized and has profound meanings. Since he is a famous historian, he speaks with facts and is very convincing.

Everyone is proud of luxury, and my heart is only beautiful with simplicity." In his life, he "took clothes to protect himself from the cold, and food to satisfy his hunger". Why be "frugal"?

Sima Guang made an argument based on rich historical facts. For example, He Zeng of the Jin Dynasty, when he became a Taifu, liked luxury, "eclipse ten thousand dollars", and said "no place to go". When it came to his grandson's generation, the family business fell due to arrogance.

Another example is "Shi Chong boasting about people with extravagance", which led to the disaster of killing. Sima Guang came to the conclusion from these historical facts: Those who talk about extravagance, "officials will be bribed, and people in their hometowns will be robbed", and they will inevitably end up with a "ruined family".

Sima Guang also cited many positive examples, explaining that thrift is "the foresight of a great sage". There is no doubt that as a politician in the feudal era, Sima Guangxunzi is for the "Qi family", his thinking has limitations, and he will only cultivate some gentlemen. Today, whether we are starting from strengthening the country or from educating people, we must vigorously refrain from extravagance and advocate frugality, which is a virtue handed down from the Chinese nation.

Lei Feng famously said, "In work, we must keep up with the comrades with the highest enthusiasm, and in life, we must keep up with the comrades with the lowest level." This is Lei Feng's motto, Lei Feng said so, and also did so, in a short life, for the cause of the party and the people, he was diligent and thrifty, worked hard, not afraid of hardships and hardships, strict demands on himself, set a glorious example for us, this spirit of diligence and thrift has influenced several generations.

However, with the development of the times and the improvement of people's living standards, Lei Feng's spirit of diligence and thrift has gradually weakened in the consciousness of our generation. The 22nd of this month is the World Water Day, at this moment we think of Lei Feng's spirit of thrift, take the most common water resources as an example, for a long time, people generally believe that water is "inexhaustible, inexhaustible", do not know to cherish, and waste squandering, but do you know that China's per capita water resources are not rich, only about 2300 cubic meters, about a quarter of the world's per capita share, with the development of China's society and economy, the water gap is getting bigger and bigger, At present, China's agricultural irrigation has an average annual water shortage of more than 30 billion cubic meters, and there are more than 30 million people in rural areas across the country who have difficulty drinking water, more than 400 cities in the country are short of water, and there are more than 110 cities with serious water shortages, and the daily water shortage in cities across the country is 16 million cubic meters, and the annual industrial output value of cities is more than 200 billion yuan due to water shortage, affecting the urban population of about 40 million people, and the important reason for China's water shortage is man-made waste and profligacy, no rational use and water pollution. Worsening water scarcity.

We are now talking about learning and ideals, but if one day we waste even the most basic water resources, how can we live? Not to mention learning and ideals, don't let the last drop of water in the world become the tears of our human beings, from the perspective of water conservation, we need the spirit of Lei Feng, and by extension, Lei Feng's spirit of thrift and thrift is the universal truth.

Only when we establish the idea of learning from Lei Feng for a long time, formulate effective measures, adopt a variety of effective forms, and make unremitting efforts to grasp the spirit of Lei Feng can we continue to carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng in all aspects and show its strong vitality in the socialist modernization of the motherland.