Childhood: refers to children aged 2~3;
Total angle: refers to children (also called crying);
Cardamom: refers to a thirteen-year-old woman;
And logistics: refers to a fifteen-year-old woman;
Weak crown: refers to a man who has reached the age of 20 (also known as a crowned man);
Thirty years old: refers to thirty years old;
The year of no doubt: refers to forty years old;
Knowing destiny: refers to fifty years old (also known as half a hundred);
Flower armor: refers to sixty years old (also known as Ershun);
Ancient and rare: refers to seventy years old;
Eighty or ninety years old: refers to eighty or ninety years old.
Among them, "The Time of Cardamom" comes from the poem "Farewell" by Tang Dumu: "There are more than thirteen cardamom flowers, and the cardamom heads in early February."
The word "Ji" comes from the Book of Rites, and "woman ... has been married for five years". "Cue" means for marriage, which means that you have reached the age of marriage.
"Stand at attention", "don't be confused" and "know the destiny" come from the fourth chapter of The Analects. The original text is as follows: Confucius said: "I am determined to learn five out of ten, stand up at thirty, not be confused at forty, know my destiny at fifty, follow my ears at sixty, and follow my heart at seventy." Confucius said: "I am determined to study at the age of fifteen;" Self-reliance at the age of 30; Forty years old can't be confused by foreign things; At the age of fifty, I learned my fate; At the age of 60, I can treat all kinds of remarks correctly without feeling uncomfortable; At the age of seventy, you can do whatever you want without breaking the rules. " )
"Old but rare" expresses Du Fu's poem Qujiang: "Wine debts are common, and life is seventy years old." Also known as "Gu Xi".
"Old" comes from "Han Caodui Nine Songs": "People are old and all are dead. Enze is widely spread to plants and insects. "
These words all refer to the appellation of age in ancient times. The age of ancient people is sometimes not expressed by numbers, nor does it directly refer to a person's age or age, but is replaced by other age-related appellations. Age appellation is mostly recorded in books, and has been used ever since.
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In addition to these titles, there are other age appellation, such as:
Soup cake: three days after delivery, invite friends and relatives to eat soup cake.
First education: one year old; From Qu Yuan's Lisao, "The emperor views Chu and Zhao Xiyu Jia Ming". Later, the birthday was called the first time.
Waiting year: refers to the adult marriage of women, also known as "waiting word"; The language in "Empress Cao in the Later Han Dynasty" says that "the young stay in the country".
Dance Elephant: Male fifteen to twenty years old; It is synonymous with adult children. So this is the name of the ancient dance. "Book of Rites Inner Rules": "As a child, dance like an elephant and learn to shoot at the imperial palace." "Shu" said: "Being a son means more than fifteen; Dancing like an elephant is called martial arts. Xiong Shiyun: "It means to fight with a small dance." "
Yellow hair: refers to the long-lived elderly. The book of songs, such as The Song of Truffles and Huangfa Taipei. The old man's hair turned from white to yellow. Cao Zhi's "Giving a White Horse to Wang Biao": "Wang Qi loves the county and enjoys the yellow hair period." Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Garden: "I am yellow and I am happy."
The year of Brokeback Mountain: refers to 90 years old; Poems, Elegance, Walking on Reed, Huangtaipei, Taitai and Tun in The Book of Songs are all common. Er Ya Shi Shu: "A broken back leads to a long life." The old man has spots on his back like mackerel.
Period: refers to one hundred years old; The language of Book of Rites Qulishang is "a hundred years". It is said that centenarians depend on their children and grandchildren to support them. Su Shi's "Two Rhymes and Three Trilogy": "You might as well build it everywhere, and you can count on it in a few years."
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-age appellation