"Thrift" is a very.important concept of Chinese traditional ethical category.This paper obtains from the semantic Angle, summarized the authoritative dictionaries in the definition of "thrift",on the basis of time as the clue, trying to clarify the origin of the "thrift" and its development, at the same time with the aid of ShangJian thought in the history of family instructions, explaining the cultural connotation of the "thrift", thus providing references for contemporary education on the thrift. |