古人尚俭 ,固然与当时自给自足的自然经济下物质财富的贫乏有关 ,但更主要的是把节俭与道德修养联系在一起 ,以此养成良好的品行 ,不为物欲而丧失大志。这一思想至今仍有时代意义 ,不仅具有道德价值 ,亦有经济价值 ,以此引导消费行为 ,提倡“俭中有度 ,善于消费”,处理好集团消费与个人消费的关系 ,建立正确的消费观 ,有益于人性的健康发展 ,形成良好的经济秩序 ,建设和发展有中国特色的社会主义 Although the ancients were frugal, they were related to the paucity of material wealth under the spontaneous self-sufficiency of the natural economy at that time. However, the more important thing was to link frugality with moral cultivation in order to develop good conduct and not lose their aspiration for materialism. This idea still has the significance of the times. It not only has moral value but also economic value, so as to guide consumer behavior, advocate “frugality and consumption,” handle the relationship between group consumption and personal consumption, and establish the correct consumption View, beneficial to the healthy development of human nature, the formation of a good economic order, the construction and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics