古今中外,无论是发达国家,还是发展中国家,都把艰苦朴素作为一种美德并将它发扬光大,联合国已经把10月31日设为“勤俭日”。然而,我认为,俭朴不仅仅是一种美德,也是一种力量。1936年,美国作家埃德加·斯诺采访了革命根据地延安,写下了闻名于世的《西行漫记》,他在文中记录了自己在延安的所见所感。在延安,他看到毛泽东住在十分简陋的窑洞里,看到周 At all times and in all countries, both the developed countries and the developing countries regard the hardship and simplicity as a virtue and carry it forward. The United Nations has set Oct. 31 as “Thrift Day.” However, I think frugality is not only a virtue, but also a force. In 1936, American writer Edgar Snow interviewed Yan’an, the revolutionary base, and wrote the famous “Travel of the West” comic book, in which he recorded what he felt in Yenan. In Yenan, he saw Mao Zedong living in a very primitive cave and saw Zhou