1. There is no need to visit famous mountains, retirement is the way to maintain health. ——"Hua Xia" by Sikong Tu of the Tang Dynasty
Vernacular interpretation: There is no need to travel around the mountains and rivers to find the secret of longevity. Retirement is my prescription for health.
2. The old man is brave and ambitious. In his old age, the martyr is full of ambition. ——Cao Cao of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "The Turtle Has Longevity"
Vernacular interpretation: The old horse lies in the manger, but his heart still hopes to gallop thousands of miles. Although a man is old, his ambition to dominate the world has not stopped.
3. If he is old, frail and sick, and is about to retire on the Yingshui River, he will be renamed Liuyi layman. ——Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty, "The Biography of Liuyi Jushi"
Vernacular interpretation: He was old, frail and sick, and was about to bid farewell to officialdom and go to the shores of Yingshui to take care of his old age, so he changed his name to Liuyi Jushi again. .
4. After being in a cage for a long time, you can return to nature. ——Tao Yuanming of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields·Part 1"
Vernacular interpretation: I have been locked in a cage for a long time without freedom, and today I finally returned to nature.
5. New bamboo branches are higher than old bamboo branches, all because of the support of old stems. Next year there will be another new born, the ten-foot-long dragon grandson will come around Fengchi. ——Zheng Banqiao, Qing Dynasty, "Hsinchu"
Vernacular interpretation: Newly grown bamboos are taller than old bamboos, and their growth is entirely supported by old branches. There will be new growth next year and it will grow taller. It is a metaphor that the young are better than the old, and the growth of new forces requires the active support of the older generation.