At thirty you stand tall; at forty you are not confused; at fifty you know the destiny; at sixty your ears are attuned; at seventy you follow your heart's desires without going beyond the rules
Source: The Analects of Confucius, Chapter 2 on Politics .
Translation Confucius said: "When I was fifteen, I was determined to study; when I was thirty, I was able to stand on my own; when I was forty, I was not deceived by external things; when I was fifty, I understood the destiny; when I was sixty, I was able to treat it correctly All kinds of comments don’t feel uncomfortable; at seventy, you can do whatever you want without going beyond the rules.”
Why is sixty also called sixty?
The year of the zodiac. The ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches are combined into sixty units in order to form a cycle, commonly known as "Sixty Flowers Jiazi." It is also called Sixty Flowers. "
Why is seventy also called ancient rare?
Source: Du Fu's "Qujiang": "Drinking debts are commonplace, but seventy is rare in life. ”
Attached are the pronouns for each age group:
1. The pronouns for young children
The first time - when a child is born.
Chizi , Infancy - generally refers to a newborn baby under one year old. "Mencius Li Louxia": "A grown-up person does not lose his innocent heart." ”
The period of the soup cake - refers to the three days after the baby is born. In the old custom, when a child is born three days later, a banquet is held to entertain relatives and friends, which is called a "soup cake feast". It is also called a "soup cake feast" or "soup cake party". ".
Child - refers to the child who first learns to laugh when he is still in his infancy. Yan Shigu notes: "The baby begins to be a child, and people mention it, so it is called a child." Children, children laugh. "Laozi": "Like a baby before it is born." "Also known as "child hug" and "child care". Tang Hanyu's "Essay on Sacrifice to the Twelve Langs": "How can we expect such a child to be evil? "
Yaya - an onomatopoeia, the sound of a baby learning to speak. Such as babbling, because it also refers to the child starting to learn words during the process. Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty, "Memorial to Sisters": "Two girls, Yaya, you will be born and you will die. Later, Zhou Xuer came. "Zhou Xu, refers to the baby's first year of life.
Chuiju, Junian, Zongjiao - generally refers to the early childhood period. In ancient times, children had short hair that naturally drooped when their hair was not tied up, so it was called this, and it was also called "hangjiao". Hair". Jin Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring": "Yellow hair hangs down, and he is happy. "A girl who is 7 years old is called "Ju Nian", and a boy who is 8 years old is also called "Long Nian".
Tongfang (chèn), Huangkou - refers to childhood. There is a saying in the text that "the population of boys is in August. It is said that teeth are born at the age of eight; girls have teeth in July and teeth in August. It can be seen that children's deciduous teeth fall off and permanent teeth grow out, which is called age.
Below the knee - infancy, which means that children can only grow teeth when they are young. Depend on the knees of your parents. "Xiao Jing Sheng Zhi": "Therefore, the biological children are only on the knees. "
Ruzi - children. "Mencius Li Lou Shang": "There is a Ruzi song that says: 'The water in Canglang is clear, you can wash my tassel. ’” It is also used as a term used by an old man to address a young descendant. "Historical Records of the Liuhou Family": "My father went to his home and came back, saying: 'My son can be taught. '"
2. Synonyms for teenagers and children
The index year - the child is nine years old.
The year of the foreigner - the child is ten years old. < /p>
The year of Wuxi - the young man is from thirteen to fifteen years old.
The year of Wu Xiang - the young man is from fifteen to twenty years old.
Jin Chai. Year - the woman is twelve years old.
Cardamom age - refers to a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old. "Farewell" by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty: "Ping Ping is more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom hair is in early February. "
Beauty - the ruddy face of a young man. It refers to a boy. Li Bai's poem "To Meng Haoran" of the Tang Dynasty: "The beauty abandons her crown, and her white head lies in the pine clouds. ”
Virgin - an unmarried woman.
Qianjin - a respectful title for someone’s daughter, mostly refers to an unmarried person.
3. Men and women The term for adults
Children - refers to young men and women. "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou" by the King of Tang Dynasty: "Inaction is on the wrong road, and children are in trouble"
Tie your hair - men at age 15. In ancient times, men had their hair tied up on their temples. "(Da Dai Li Ji Shi Fu)
Ji hairpin (jí) - a woman is fifteen years old. Hairpin is a hairpin used by ancient women to tie their hair. The hairpin is tied through it, indicating that she has reached adulthood. Cheng Tong - Fifteen or slightly above the age of fifteen. Zheng Xuan: "Cheng Tong, above fifteen". To be in the year, to be the word - refers to a woman coming of age Marriage age. "Love awaits the old age, and the sound of gold is still alive" ("Selected Works of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty and Empress Yuan's Ai Ce Wen"). "When a woman is promised to marry, she wears her hair straight." ("Book of Rites: Qu Li 1") Youai - refers to beautiful young men and women. "Nine Songs of Chu Song Shao Siming" The long sword comes to support the young moxa, and the sun alone is suitable for the people. Po melon, jade years - the woman is sixteen years old. Ancient literati divided the melon into two horoscopes to mark the year. "Popular Edition" says: "If Pinyan gives Zhang Jie 'success will come in the year of Pogua', he will be eighty-eighty-sixty-four years old." "Popular Edition·Women" "Song Xie Youpan's poem 'Po Gua has a small waist when she is young.' According to custom, a woman's Po Gua is Po Gua, which is not true. The word "gua" is divided into two characters, which means she is twenty-eighty-six years old." Weak crown, first crown - the man is twenty years old. "Book of Rites, Qu Li Shang": "Twenty is the year when the crown is weak." Having a house and a family - the year when a man marries a wife and a woman gets married. "Mencius: Teng Wen Gong": "A husband wishes to have a wife when he is born, and a woman wishes to have a family when she is born." Annotations by Zhu Xi: "Men regard women as their wives, and women regard men as their homes." Resentful women and unmarried women refer to older women who are not married. The age of peach and plum blossoms - a woman is twenty years old. Flower years - the woman is twenty-four years old.