The origin of World Diligence Day

On October 31st, World Diligence Day was determined by the United Nations. According to the report on the world population in 26 released by the United Nations Population Fund, the world population has exceeded 6.5 billion and will reach 6.56 billion this year. As far as the consumption of the earth's resources is concerned, human beings must also be thrifty. This is also the far-reaching significance of determining October 31 every year as World Diligence Day.

October 31st is World Diligence Day. What is thrift? Traditional culture worships it, which is an act and a moral character; Tessa's great man praised it, which was a porridge and a meal. It was hard to think about it, and it was difficult to keep thinking about it. Modern civilization respects it, which cherishes limited resources and resists excessive consumption. Social progress and national development are inseparable from consumption, but all these are inseparable from thrift. Diligence is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation and the inherent appeal of modern civilization. Diligence is a kind of conduct, a kind of conduct, a kind of accomplishment and a virtue. The establishment of World Diligence Day can reflect the world's call for thrift.

Famous sayings and phrases of diligence and thrift

October 31st is the "World Diligence Day", and "Diligence and Diligence" has attracted worldwide attention and become an international theme! "Diligence" has always been regarded as a family heirloom of the Chinese nation. There are many wonderful expositions on thrift in ancient books, folk proverbs and famous historical sayings. Now choose one of the two "treasure books" to encourage you.

"a porridge and a meal, when thinking is not easy; Half a silk and half a wisp, it is difficult to keep thinking about material resources. "

This famous sentence in Zhu Bailu's "Master's Motto of Governing the Family" in the Ming Dynasty should be engraved in everyone's mind forever. Imagine that the great Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the Millennium were exchanged for the blood, sweat and even lives of generations and hundreds of billions of yuan in project cost. And those "ever-flowing water" and "ever-burning lamps" that we are used to are not another kind of "crime"? Why should we let it go?

In recent years, there have been frequent mine disasters in China. Recently, the media reported that many people were killed in Henan. Have you ever thought of non-renewable coal in a house with collective heating in winter, and have you ever thought of those compatriots buried underground with coal?

"Looking back at the countries and families of the former dynasties, it turned out that thrift was defeated by extravagance."

this poem by Li shangyin, a graceful poet in the Tang dynasty, is not "graceful", but summarizes the great significance of saving the country and the family in one word. Shang Zhouwang Meat Forest Wine Pool smiles for Bo's favorite princess Da Ji, and tears thousands of silks at the expense of Yin. Emperor Yangdi built the Grand Canal to Jiangdu for viewing Qionghua, exhausted the people's power to build a palace, and provoked 72 rebels against the king on the 36 th road; After the Western Empress of Qing Dynasty, a meal cost thousands of taels of silver, and "measured the material resources of China and won the favor of the country". How can the people not rebel and the Qing Dynasty not die?

General Fang Zhimin, a * * * producer, has handled millions of money, but his property is only a few T-shirts and broken socks; Zuo Quan, a brave anti-Japanese general, told a story about "the general mending shoes". Xiang Jingyu is also known as a "large bowl of coarse porcelain".

However, I can't help but think of the "People's Mansion" which was exposed not long ago, a meal of 15, yuan, a few moon cakes of several hundred thousand yuan, and a mobile phone number that costs several hundred thousand yuan. Is this really a normal phenomenon in the market economy society where material desires are on the rise?

"If you use it properly, you will not hesitate to spend ten thousand dollars, but if you use it improperly, you will not spend a penny."

Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, once said, "If I have to pay a hundred million yuan at once, I won't change my face. But whoever loses a penny on the ground, I will pick it up immediately. " However, in real life, we have seen too many opposite examples: Hu Xianfu, who is swollen in the face and pretends to be fat, is rich and extravagant, but the money he should spend on the cutting edge is stingy and mean. For example, you can spend a lot of money on eating, drinking, gambling and smoking, but you are timid and cut corners on cultural and educational consumption, repairing bridges and roads, and helping the poor. Isn't idolize an example of Wanyuan, who wears a poverty hat, using huge public funds? Also, the image project bean curd dregs projects emerge one after another, are they not all wasting people's money and destroying production?

"One piece of coal is not too much, but thousands of pieces of coal pile up into a slope; A drop of oil, not too much, drops into a river. "

I don't know, but I was shocked. If everyone saves 1 cent a day, the 1.3 billion people in China will save 13 million, about 5 billion a year, 5, hope schools will be built, and nearly 1 million dropouts will return to school. It can be seen how important it is for a great country to advocate thrift.

China is not only a big country, but also a poor country. At present, there are nearly 3 million poor people, 11 million low-income recipients and hundreds of millions of migrant workers in the country. I believe it is no stranger to their poor living conditions. The basic national conditions of a large population and a weak foundation determine that we should be diligent in all undertakings.

"The country gains by frugality, but loses by extravagance". Frugality is not only beneficial to the country and the family, but also closely related to personal gains and losses. For example, "frugality can make a family, and frugality can make a living." And Wang Anshi has a deeper understanding of this, and his motto "After luxury is successful, happiness is safe and misfortune is double" should become the motto of many dignitaries. However, there are times when the cautionary words can't overcome greed. Wang Baosen, Cheng Kejie, Hu Changqing and Li Zhen are all the leaders of arrogance and extravagance. If they can learn from Zhu Gekongming, the sage of Shu, and "cultivate one's morality by being quiet and frugal", why should they end up like this today? Similarly, Biography of Empresses in Ming Dynasty said: "Pride is born in luxury, and danger begins in subtlety." Xu Rong in Qing Dynasty said: "Street temples are ragged, and half of them were extravagant people." They all point out the harm of extravagance and waste and the importance of thrift from the opposite side.

Diligence is not stingy, but a civilization, which should be widely passed down. From the country to the family, regardless of the size of the rich and the poor, if the wind of thrift and civilization prevails in the world, it will be the foundation of the country, the luck of the family and the blessing of the people.