Professor Zeng Shiqiang said in a speech that if there is an old man in the family, is it true that he has a treasure? If this old man can keep up with the times and update his concepts and become a paving stone for his children, the ladder is of course a treasure. If an old man

Zeng Shiqiang Professor said in a speech that if there is an old man in the family, is it really true? If this old man can keep up with the times and update his concepts and become a paving stone for his children, the ladder is of course a treasure. If an old man relies on his old age, or becomes a stumbling block for his children because of his old age, then he becomes what Confucius said in "Oldness and death are a thief."

My neighbor, Lao Gaotou, worked in the county water conservancy bureau when he was young, served as the captain of the well drilling team of the water conservancy bureau. He went deep into 14 townships in the county, and made great contributions to the county water conservancy bureau's cause. Later, after he contracted the well-driving team, he could earn 30,000 to 50,000 yuan to dig a well, and he became a millionaire after working for less than two years. He has two daughters and one son, and everyone regards him as a treasure. The children rushed to bring him food and drink. After his wife passed away, the daughter-in-law introduced one of his aunts to him and asked him to spend his old age. When his son bought a house, he took 300,000 yuan and gave his two daughters 100,000 to 150,000 yuan. Such an elderly man is of course a treasure in the family. On the contrary, Lao Zhou, the west end of the village, was working in the team when he was young, and later became ill of smoking and drinking. The work points he earned were not enough for him to drink every year. No matter what happened at home, he always drank himself drunk. His wife made a divorce for him, and his son did not respect him. Later, my son graduated from junior high school and got a big car driver's license, and earned a high salary for others to drive. Lao Zhou often licked his face and asked for money to buy alcohol in front of his son. Later, he became gastric ulcer and heart disease, but he still drank alcohol. The son had no choice but to tell all the shops in the village that were not allowed to sell wine to his father. Later, he ran to his nephew's house and asked his niece-in-law to give him 2 yuan to buy wine, which made him lose his mind! There were several times when I was hospitalized and secretly drank alcohol from the hospital. The alcohol contained methanol . Lao Zhou's health was getting worse and worse. When his son sent him to the hospital, he didn't look at him directly, and even scolded him in the face of many people. As an old man, it is really meaningless to live as an old man, just like Confucius said, "If you don't die, you will become a thief."

The original meaning of this sentence is that Confucius had a young man named Yuan Rang. He did not know how to respect his teachers when he was young. He did not achieve anything when he grew up, and he would become a disaster when he was old. He also knocked his calf bone with a crutch. Even if Yuan Rang was old, he would not be respected by others.

Life like elderly people can only be a burden to the family. Therefore, when people get old, they must keep pace with the times and constantly update their ideas to adapt to the new situation and be consistent with the children's ideas. They cannot become "old but immortal thief" like Yuanlang.