What does thrift mean to support morality?

Thrift means that thrift helps to cultivate simple and hardworking morality.

Zhuge Liang said in the Commandment: "A gentleman's trip is to cultivate one's morality by being quiet, to cultivate one's morality by being frugal, to be indifferent to one's ambition and to do nothing." 1700 years have passed, and this sentence still has profound enlightenment to people, especially in today's increasingly good material living conditions, "frugality and moral cultivation" is more worthy of people's deep thinking.

Thrift is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and the embodiment of a person's noble character. Confucius regards frugality as the foundation of etiquette and advocates "frugality" in governing the country. Mencius advocated that "cultivating the mind should not be good for short desires", and short desires should be restrained. In Xunzi's view, frugality is an important means to enrich the people, and extravagance and waste will lead to people's hardship and the country's hardship.

Introduction:

Some people think that now that living conditions are good, there is no need to be as frugal as before. Enjoy it when you should, and the consumption of this consumption is conducive to stimulating economic growth. This statement sounds reasonable, but it is not entirely correct. Advocating thrift is not to make people become "ascetic monks". Under the premise of conditions, appropriate and reasonable consumption, continuous improvement of life and quality should be encouraged.

What thrift really advocates is that people should cultivate thrift consciousness and good thrift habits, oppose extravagance and waste, put an end to extravagance and waste, and establish a correct outlook on thrift.

So, what is the relationship between thrift and virtue? We can observe the people and things around us, and it is not difficult to find that a thrifty person can appreciate the hardships of "weeding at noon and sweating and planting grass" and cultivate compassion and kindness. Hard-working and thrifty people like to work, and they often have plenty of food and clothing, so it is not easy to form the bad habit of relaxing and working hard. If they are too comfortable, they will not make efforts to improve, and their morale will be low.