The explanation that an old clam gives birth to pearls means that a man has a clever son. And boast that people are old and have children. Han Kong Rong's "With Duan Weishu": "The day before yesterday, Yuan Yuan will shine in the future, and Du Yahong will shine; Yesterday, the clock came back. He is honest, gentle, sincere and the head of the family. If you don't care about two pearls, you will get an old clam. " Yuan Qiang, Zhong Qiang and Kang Sheng, the second son of Duan Wei. Biography of the Northern Qi Dynasty: "Shao made friends with his father and learned that:' An old clam makes a pearl.' Tang Bai Juyi's "See Li Suzhou A Wu Shi": "Self-pity for the sea, the old clam does not bear pearls." Song Sushi's poem "To the Millet" says: "Laugh at the old mussel that gives birth to pearls, and laugh at the fact that it is not in my house."

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The old clam's explanation is the reputation of a clever son. Biography of Heather Wang Zhenguo: "(Wang Zhenguo) also joined the army as Sima Zhongbing. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's appreciation of elegance is what his father Hong said,' Treasure the country to great use, and Qing can be described as an old clam'. An "old man" is in the biography of Wang in the Southern Qi Dynasty. See the explanation of "an old clam gives birth to a pearl". The substances secreted by mussels, stimulated by the sand entering the shell, are wrapped layer by layer to form round particles, which are milky white or yellowish and shiny, and can be used as decorations or medicines. Commonly known as "pearl" (also known as "true pearl" or "pearl" for short): pearl mussel. Jewelry. Zhu Hua. Zhu Ji, the pearl of the night (a beautiful word)