There are many common sayings passed down from the people. The common sayings mainly talk about some taboos from the past, which are summaries of the experiences of the older generation. Letting go of the present still has its own reasons. Today, Lao Li will talk to you about this saying: After being over 60, don’t go to the three places.
In the past, once a person is over 60 years old, he is an elderly person, both physically and mentally have undergone some changes. The superficial meaning of this common saying is "A person cannot go to three places when he reaches his sixty years old." So what do these "three places" mean? In fact, these "three places" are not actually geographical locations, but abstract places, namely places of right and wrong, places of gambling, and places of bias. In other words, once a person is over 60 years old, he cannot do these three things again.
First of all, let’s talk about this “place of right and wrong”. If people get older, don’t get together to discuss the right and wrong of others, and you shouldn’t spread the right and wrong. After all, disaster comes from the mouth. If a dispute occurs, the elderly will easily get sick due to anger, which is not worth the loss. So the elderly try to stay away from those places of right and wrong.
Besides, in this gambling place, in the slack season in the countryside, you often see a group of people gathering together to play mahjong or cards. Especially for the elderly, they have a lot of spare time. Of course, the little gambling is fun, but if you get deeply involved in it and even lose everything, it will ruin the originally happy family. Gambling itself is addictive, and if you are not careful, you will lose all the money you have earned with hard work. Therefore, when you are old, you should be at ease and not addicted to gambling.
Finally, I talk about this "partial place". In the past, there were many children in rural areas, and some even had six or seven children. Parents could not treat their children equally, and they often showed some partiality. If you are still biased when you are old, when you really lie on the hospital bed, your children around you will start to care about the previous biased things, and in the end no one wants to come and take care of them, and you will suffer. Therefore, the elderly should not be biased.
Speaking of this, I believe everyone already knows the meaning of this common saying. Lao Li believes that the common sayings summarized by the older generation are all about experience. Understanding more common sayings can make us live happier. At the same time, as an elderly person, you must be wise and well-educated so that you can be respected by young people.
