Traditional homemaking

In ancient times, if you want to make virtue known to the world, you must first rule your country; To govern the country well, we must first rectify our homes; To rectify the family, we must first cultivate ourselves; People who want to cultivate self-cultivation should first correct their thinking … and then improve their cultivation; Self-cultivation is perfect, and then the family is orderly; The family is in good order, and then the country is stable and prosperous; The country is stable and prosperous, and then the world is at peace.

This is the creed respected by intellectuals in Confucian tradition. It is the highest ideal of countless intellectuals for thousands of years to take self-improvement as the foundation and govern the family until the world is stable. But in fact, there are few chances of success and many times of disappointment, so the idea of "being poor is immune to it, and being up to it is helpful to the world" has emerged. The life ideal of "keeping one's heart, cultivating oneself, keeping one's family in order, governing the country and leveling the world" and the positive philosophical attitude of "being poor can help the world" complement each other, and their influence has never weakened for thousands of years.