Vernacular interpretation: I don't have to travel all over mountains and rivers to find the secret of longevity. Retirement is a good prescription for my health.
2, the old man crouched, aiming at thousands of miles. The martyrs were full of courage in their later years. -Eastern Han Dynasty Cao Cao's "Although the Turtle is Longevity"
Interpretation of vernacular: the old horse crouches in the manger, but his heart still hopes to gallop thousands of miles. Although he is old, his ambition for the world has not stopped.
3. When you are old and sick, you will retire on the water, and then you will become a layman on June 1st. -Ouyang Xiu's Biography of the Six-Day Lay Man in the Song Dynasty
Vernacular Interpretation: Old, frail and sickly, he wanted to bid farewell to the officialdom and go to Shui Ying Bank to support the elderly, so he changed his name to "Liu Yiju".
4. If you stay in a cage for a long time, you will return to nature. -Tao Yuanming in Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Returning to the Garden, Part I"
Interpretation of vernacular: being locked in a cage for a long time has no freedom. Today, I finally returned to nature.
5. Hsinchu is higher than the old bamboo branches, and it is all supported by old cadres. I will come out again the next year and grow taller. -Zheng Qing Banqiao's Hsinchu
Interpretation of vernacular: New bamboo is taller than old bamboo, and their growth depends entirely on old branches. New ones will grow and grow taller next year. Shine on you is better than Blue, and the growth of new forces needs the active support of the older generation.