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Seeing the extravagance of Qi customs, Gong Sui saw that the customs in the area of Boqi (now eastern Shandong) were very extravagant, good skills, not farming, people like to engage in those industries that are not suitable for civil use, but do not like to engage in agricultural production, but bow to the rate of frugality, persuade the people to take the lead in agriculture and thrift, and encourage the people to engage in farming and raising silkworms and mulberry.

But seeing that the national style of Qi was extravagant and erosive, he liked unpopular technology, and did not go to work in the fields, so he lived frugally and persuaded the people to do farm work and raise mulberry cicadas.

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Gong Sui saw that the customs of Qidi were all fond of a luxurious life, preferring business rather than farming, so he set an example to advocate thrift and encourage the people to cultivate more.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

From: Zhou Yi's "Encouragement to Children" in the Ming Dynasty

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. Food and clothing, if you think about it, you don't dare to spend it easily. A meal of wine and meat can be coarse for a few days; A piece of yarn silk can make a few pieces of coarse clothes.

It's enough not to be hungry or chilling, so why bother trying to eat good? There will always be days and no days, and there will be no time to think about them, so that children and grandchildren will always enjoy food and clothing.

Translation: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Food and clothing, if you think about the difficulty of getting these things, you will not spend money easily.

Eat meat and drink wine at every meal, and you can buy coarse tea and light rice for a few days; A piece of silk can buy a few ordinary clothes. It's enough not to be hungry or cold, so why bother to eat and dress well? Always think about what you don't have when you have it, and don't wait until you lose it to think about what you have, so that your children and grandchildren will always enjoy food and clothing.

In our era of high consumption, it is of great practical significance to revisit the teachings of the sages about frugality. Thrift is not only a personal attitude towards life, but also a protection of resources and the environment.

Thrift is a good habit that has been cultivated for a long time, and once it is discarded, it is difficult to return to the original state of life. So to cultivate, to persevere.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. It means that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. This sentence comes from the Northern Song Dynasty politician, historian, and writer Sima Guang's "Discipline and Frugality".

Original text: Gong sighed and said: "My family today, although my family is clothed and fed, why can't I be?"

Taking care of people's common feelings, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift. Shall I have my wealth today? How can the body endure?

Once it is different from today, the family has been used to luxury for a long time, and if they can't be frugal, they will lose their place. Shall I be in place, and in place, and in existence, and in death, as one day? "Woohoo!

The foresight of the great sages is beyond the reach of mediocre people!

Translation: Zhang Wenjie sighed and said: "My current salary, even if the whole family wears silk and satin, anoint beams and fish, what are you afraid of not being able to do? However, it is normal for people to go from frugality to luxury, and it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.

Can I always have a fortune as high as I am now? Can the body stay alive forever? If one day I am dismissed or die, the situation will not be the same as now, and the people in my family have been accustomed to luxury for a long time, and they cannot be thrifty at once, then there will definitely be no place to live.

How can it be that no matter whether I am an official or dismissed, alive or dead, the life situation at home will always be the same as a day? "Alas! The foresight of the great sage, how can ordinary people compare?

This sentence means that it is easy for the living environment to change from frugal to windbreaker and sufficient food, and if there is abundant food and clothing to thrift, it will be difficult to face.

I think there are a lot of different sides to this translation.

Regarding the translation of this, I actually think it is better to look for the relevant literature, maybe they can express it more clearly.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

Laugh Chunqing famous sentence] persuade farmers to be handsome, to be thrifty, and the people are full.

Notes] Persuasion: encouragement. Mountains and land: farmland cultivation and planting mulberry and silkworms. Shuai: "Rate", exemplary.

Encourage farmers to work hard to engage in farming, planting mulberry and silkworms, and live frugally and take it as an example, so that the people's lives begin to become rich.

Comments] The development of production and the promotion of thrift are the root of the people's prosperity.

References. Zhang Ruyu's "Group of Books and Examinations", volume 65.

Famous sentence] bow to frugality, food and clothing are the same as those of soldiers, and store scumbags and work hard.

Notes] Serving: Implementation. Stockpiling: Stockpiling money. Intensive farming: Cultivating hard.

Interpretation] personally practice frugality, dress and eat the same as that of soldiers, reserve money, and work hard.

Comments] This is a few sentences in the counterinsurgency strategy proposed by the author to the emperor for the rebellion in Huaixi Town.

References. Yuan Zhi "Yuan's Changqing Collection, Dai Yu Huaixi Book".

In ancient times, the territory was vast, the people were pure, and everyone advocated diligence and thrift, but they regarded agriculture as the most important cause, so they had accumulated a lot of materials, and there was no worry about hunger. Now the area is small, the population is large, and many people give up the root [farming] to chase other industries [not farming], so there are fewer and fewer people who farm the land, but more and more people eat, so once they encounter a disaster, the common people will live a poor life.