——Quoted in "Speech at the Work Conference on the Party's Mass Line Education and Practice Activities" and other articles

■Interpretation

From resolutely opposing the "four winds" to advocating national conservation, Comrade Xi Jinping has clearly demanded that extravagance be stopped. The prevalence of extravagance not only corrodes cadres and damages their image, but also endangers public trust and corrupts the atmosphere. If you are busy with socializing, lazy in pleasure, shuttling through high-end clubs, indulging in pushing cups and changing lamps, often drunk, drowsy, and fluttering, how can you have time to go deep into the grassroots and the masses? How can I have time to think about problems and research work? The harm of extravagance in careful examination lies not only in the corrosion of cadres, the damage to their image, the destruction of public trust, and the corruption of the atmosphere, but also in the fact that extravagance often corresponds to corruption in the same voice, seeks the same spirit, and is accompanied by it. If we devote our limited social resources to satisfying our appetites and allow the trend of extravagance to spread, our party will be separated from the masses and will lose its foundation, bloodline, and strength. Because of this, Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that "educate and guide party members and cadres to adhere to the ideology of saving glory and waste is shameful, and be hard-working and simple, careful and budget-conscious, and do everything diligently and thriftily."

■Original text

At that time, the king of Wei Taili was like a concubine, and the ministers did not dare to admonish. …… Sui Liang said: "Today, the Quartet is looking up to virtue, who is the leader?" Only the prince and the kings should have a fixed score. ”…… The emperor tasted the strange: "Shun made lacquerware, Yu carved its figurines, more than ten admonishers, why should small things be evil?" Sui Liang said: "Carving harms the peasants, embroidering hurts the female workers, the beginning of extravagance, and the gradual death of danger." Lacquerware is not only, it must be gold, gold is not enough, it must be jade, so the admonitor saves its source and does not make it open. and husband cross-flow, then there is no more trouble. "The Emperor is beautiful.

——(Northern Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi, etc., "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Thirtyth Biography of Chu Suiliang"

■Definition

The phrase "the beginning of extravagance, the gradual demise of danger" is the admonition of the Tang Dynasty politician and calligrapher Chu Suiliang to Tang Taizong. Gradually: signs, signs. Meaning, the beginning of extravagance and erosion is a sign of the perils of the nation.

According to the "New Tang Book", Li Tai, the fourth son of Tang Taizong, the king of Wei, was quite favored, and his etiquette rank and rank were the same as those of the prince, and the ministers did not dare to admonish him. Chu Suiliang believes that the crown prince and the kings should have a fixed division. Tang Taizong didn't care, and said: Emperor Shun made lacquerware that day, Emperor Yu carved and decorated the utensils, and there were no less than ten people who admonished him. Chu Suiliang replied that carving hindered agricultural work, and excessive color embroidery delayed female workers, "the beginning of extravagance, the gradual death of danger." If you don't stop liking lacquerware, you will definitely use gold to make utensils if you continue to develop; I like gold ware, and I will definitely use jade to make utensils in the future. Therefore, the retainers must admonish when the signs of luxury are just revealed, and once extravagance becomes a trend, it will be difficult to admonish again. Tang Taizong was very touched and deeply agreed.