There is an old saying in rural areas: "If you die at fifty-nine, you will still be short-lived." As of now, the national average life expectancy is seventy-seven years old. There are already many elderly people in their seventies, eighties, and nineties, and even centenarians are often seen. People in their fifties and sixties are generally still in good health, and many people are still capable of working. If someone dies at the age of fifty-nine, people think his life was short. However, since it is an old saying, it is talking about the past. We all know that the average life expectancy at that time was only forty or fifty years old. If you can live to the age of sixty, you can live a long life, and if you can live to the age of seventy, you can live a long life. Is it true that "people who live seventy years are rare"? Then why is death at the age of fifty-nine still called a short-lived ghost?

"Jia Zi Calendar" and people's belief in "reincarnation", ancient China has long used the Jiazi Calendar to record years. We know that the heavenly stems A, B, Bing, Ding... and the earthly branches Zichou Yinmao... are combined into two characters to form a year. There is a cycle of 60 years. If the first year is the Year of Jiazi, you will have to wait until the next 60 years for another Year of Jiazi. Heaven reincarnates, people believe that life also reincarnates. A person's life span is only considered long after he has lived through one cycle of reincarnation, otherwise his life is short. This means that dying at the age of 59 is still a short life. In 2020, the national average life expectancy was 77 years old. Some people have lived to 76 years old and still have not reached the average life span.

People pursue the psychological desire of health and longevity. In ancient times, the average life span of people was very low, but there were many people who lived long lives. Although the number of people over 100 years old is rare, it is still seen. There are also a certain number of people who live to be 80 or 90 years old. People call the age of 60 and above the first birthday, and you can celebrate your birthday. (Under 60 years old can only celebrate birthdays, not birthdays.) Those over 80 years old are called Zhongshou. Only those over 100 years old can be called longevity. From these names, we can see people’s psychological desire to pursue health and longevity. Those who die at the age of 59 without even speaking a word can only be called short-lived ghosts.

With the improvement of living standards and medical conditions, people’s average life expectancy will continue to increase. People need to cherish health, cherish life, and be a healthy and long-lived person.

There is an old saying in rural areas that a person who dies at the age of fifty-nine is still a short-lived ghost. Although it has a derogatory meaning, there is a reason. According to traditional saying, a person who dies after reaching sixty can be said to be long-lived, and a person who dies before sixty can be said to be long-lived. It cannot be called longevity. There are different opinions on age. Death in youth, death in middle age, and death at fifty can be called young death. Dying before fifty is called premature death. Death after reaching the age of sixty can be said to have longevity. In the past, living over sixty years was called first life, living over eighty years was called middle life, and living over one hundred years was called long life. A person who is less than sixty years old cannot be called a long-lived person, so death at the age of fifty-nine is not called a long-lived person. It can be considered a short-lived life. In the past, there were differences in coffin making, grave selection, funeral ceremonies, etc. between the death of a person who did not reach the age of a year and the death of a person who reached the age of more than the age. What needs to be distinguished is the words used to write the spiritual position. , if you are over sixty, you can write "Xiangshou", if you are less than sixty, you can only write "shou" and not the word "shou". In the past, when Yuan Shikai was the president, he was already fifty-nine years old. Looking at the previous generations of men, none of them lived past sixty. He thought he could live past sixty, so he was complacent and proclaimed himself emperor, but he was not popular among the people. , was opposed by the whole country, which made it difficult for him to cope with it. He became depressed and became ill. He died soon after, only sixty, and became a laughing stock among the people.

We are traditionally used to use the zodiac signs to record the year. There are sixty-one cycles of the year, and time is based on the sexagesimal system. One minute is sixty seconds, one hour is sixty seconds, and sixty-one years are used. , sixty became the dividing line between longevity and longevity. The ancients used sixty as the definition of longevity and longevity, which is mostly directly related to the sexage system and the sixty-year cycle of reincarnation.

In the past, due to living conditions, social environment, and underdeveloped medical care, not many people died over the age of sixty, but many died before they reached their end of life. Especially compared with women, men on average have a shorter life span. I see that few emperors in ancient times were over sixty, and many celebrities died young. Things are different now. Life has improved, the social environment has greatly improved, scientific medical care has developed, and the average life expectancy has reached over seventy-three. There are many centenarians, many people in their eighties and nineties, and many people die at fifty-nine. In comparison, it's really short-lived. My hometown is the land of longevity. I am over sixty and my parents are about to turn nine. Who doesn’t want to live a long life and be rich now!

People should cherish time and life. It is not easy for people to come to this world. They should cherish life, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, cultivate their mind and nature, and pay attention to health care. People's health and longevity are related to genetic inheritance, social environment, and more importantly, people's thoughts, mentality, temperament, and moral character. Heredity cannot be changed and cannot be selected. Social environment, personal mentality and character can be selected and improved. What does the old rural saying "If you die at fifty-nine, you will still be a short-lived ghost" mean? Does it make sense?

Birth, old age, illness and death are a normal phenomenon. People die every day in the world. When it comes to life and death, many people also have a relatively open mind. In many rural areas, once a person reaches the age of 50, even if he or she is still "healthy", they will prepare "longevity materials" for themselves early. This is also a custom passed down from ancient times.

There are many old sayings related to life and death passed down from the ancients, such as "If you die at the age of fifty-nine, you will still be a short-lived ghost." What does it mean? Does it make sense?

In life, when some people quarrel, they often curse each other as a short-lived person. This is a vicious word to curse others to die early or to judge others as people who cannot live long. The meaning of this old saying is relatively simple, that is, if a person dies at the age of fifty-nine, he is still considered a short-lived ghost. Why do you say this?

In ancient times, human lifespan was calculated based on the heavenly stems and earthly branches. One cycle is one cycle, and one cycle is 60, so the age of sixty is also called the "year of sixty." However, at the age of fifty-nine, he still has not lived a full cycle, that is, he has not lived a full cycle, so such people are called "short-lived ghosts."

In the past, there was a saying about how long a person lived when he died. If he died before he reached the age of 60, it could only be said how old he was. Only those who are over sixty years old can be called "longevity", because those who are under 60 years old cannot be called "longevity". Therefore, among the people, big birthdays are often held after the age of 60, such as the 60th birthday, the 70th birthday, the 90th birthday, etc. Those under the age of sixty can only celebrate birthdays, such as 50th birthdays, 40th birthdays, etc. In addition, in the past, in many places, elderly people died before the age of 60 and could not be given a grand burial.

In the past, because the work they did was heavy and tiring, coupled with the poor food and poor medical conditions, not only the common people lived short lives, but even some emperors and generals had the same life span. Not long. In ancient times, many people lived past sixty, and even fewer lived past seventy. As the old saying goes: Seventy years is rare in life, which means that at that time, 70 years old was already a long life. However, today, as medical conditions have developed, people's living conditions have also improved a lot. They eat well and wear warm clothes, so life expectancy is generally much longer. In rural areas, many people in their 50s and 60s still go out to work to earn money, and there are also many people in their 80s and 90s. All in all, with the continuous progress of science and the development of medicine, the average life span in our country has also increased relatively.

So what is "three longevity"?

To talk about "Three Lifespans", we have to talk about Dark Nine.

Where there is a dark nine, there is a bright nine. These two words are used to describe a person’s age. In order to explain and understand it better, I will talk about the bright nine first.

Mingjiu refers to a person reaching the age of 59, 69, 79, 89, 99, etc.

Then why are these numbers?

China’s 5,000-year-old culture has been spread to the present. Much of it is influenced by the thoughts of Confucian sages, especially in ancient times. The two great saints in ancient times at that time, Confucius lived 73 years old and Mencius lived 84 years old. years, so people felt that ordinary working people would definitely not survive the life span of these two sages, so they regarded the 73-year-old and the 84-year-old as the two hurdles in life, and the 73-year-old as the first hurdle. The age of 84 is the second hurdle.

After that, seventy years of life are rare. If you live to 70 years old, you are already a long life, but not many people can do it. It is said that Guiguzi has lived for hundreds of years, but that is just a common belief. There must be a legend of faith.

In the knowledge of the ancient sages, nine and nine return to one, which is the destiny of the cycle of all things. Nine has become the largest number among the numbers. Therefore, no matter what they do, the ancients are particularly taboo about combining it with the number nine. Nine is associated with or is associated with people or things that are multiples of nine.

Then there is the theory of Ming Jiu and Dark Jiu.

The dark nine refers to the age when a person reaches multiples of nine such as 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, etc. Just like the birth year, special care must be taken.

Then the ancients concluded that human age is a cycle of 60 years from the cycle of heaven, so there is a saying of 60 years.

In rural areas, we always hear the old people say: "The two years of old age are the nine major passes." This is the truth.

However, in terms of lifespan, the prosperity of Taoism led to people's yearning for extending life. Therefore, both the emperors and the people at that time had mysterious beliefs in lifespan.

Even among the emperors with the best living conditions in the 5,000 years of history, there were only 5 emperors over 80 years old: Xiao Yan, Wu Zetian, Zhao Gou, Kublai Khan and Qianlong.

70-79 has 12 digits,

60-69 has 38 digits,

50-59 has 60 digits,

55 digits of 40-49,

63 digits of 30-39,

50 digits of 20-29,

28 digits of 10-19 ,

I won’t talk about those under 10 years old.

Judging from the above figures, excluding those aged 30-39, the majority are under the age of 59.

To sum up, even the emperor will not live long, and it is difficult for ordinary people to win the lottery!

This also proves the summary judgments made by the two saints above about the age of future generations: 60 years old is called the first life, 80 years old is called the middle life, and 100 years old is called the upper life. life.

So, if you think about it, only those who live over 60 years old can be considered to have a long life. Not all those under 60 years old are "short-lived ghosts".

Therefore, 59 years old is an age that is taboo for the elderly.

Rural proverbs are just old people’s side reactions to life. What the proverbs say is too one-sided for today, cannot be fully believed, and has no practical value.

People's pursuit of longevity is a kind of cherishing life and a positive and optimistic attitude. We should learn from the ancients' spirit of seeing through the world and pursuing the truth, instead of living in the principles they created and standing still. forward.

Compared with longevity, living in the present, making good money, falling in love, and living a good life are the most important things.

Birth, old age, illness and death are natural laws. However, people’s life spans vary depending on the living environment, living conditions and medical conditions. Some people in the countryside also talk about the old saying "If you die at the age of fifty-nine, you will still be a short-lived ghost"? What does it mean? How to understand it?

Died at the age of fifty-nine

It can be said that people who lived before the 20th century had a relatively short life span. It cannot but be said that they did not have enough to eat and were engaged in heavy manual labor. , there is a direct relationship between believing in folk remedies or not having the conditions to see a doctor when you are sick. People at that time were weathered and their faces looked very old. People in their fifties look older than today's seventy or eighty-year-olds. If you can live more than 60 years in your life, you are considered a longevity person. Those who die in their 50s die young, also called premature death. I heard that for those who die in this age group, there are differences in the production of coffins, selection of graves, and funeral agendas, which means it is an unfortunate event.

Still a short-lived ghost

Originally, "short-lived ghost" is a curse or judgment that someone else is a person who cannot live a long life. Sometimes it also contains extremely vicious curses. The main reason why people who die at the age of fifty-nine are called "short-lived ghosts" is that they will be 60 years old in one year. In Chinese culture, the combination of the heavenly stems and the earthly branches is a cycle of 60 years. Just one year short of that, he lived exactly one year, but he left one year early. In other words, it is a pity that one has not even been "blessed" to live for one year. This life is really short.

"If you die at the age of fifty-nine, you will still be short-lived." If you tell people today, they will laugh out loud. Data shows that the average life span of Chinese people is 73 years, and that of women is slightly higher. There are many rural people in their 80s, some in their 90s, and in some places there are centenarians! Besides, now that living conditions have improved and medical technology has developed, people in their 50s are still jokingly called "in their prime." Therefore, this sentence is so inappropriate and should be eliminated. People, don't think so much, just let nature take its course and live a happy life.

Seeing this question reminded me of Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai, a generation of heroes, first made the Qing Dynasty abdicate, and secondly made Sun Yat-sen give up his throne, and became the president of the Republic of China. It should be said that he was a powerful character, and his fortune and longevity were considered to be perfect. But he had a problem, that is, the male members of the Yuan family have not been over sixty years old in several generations, and they are not considered to live long. He wanted to break the destiny, so he made a scene of proclaiming himself emperor. But he died soon after becoming emperor, which shows that destiny cannot be Violation.

People in ancient times had poor living conditions and medical conditions. People who lived to the age of fifty-nine were already considered long-lived. However, people always hoped that their life span would be longer, and they believed that a person would only be considered a hundred years old. It is destiny that when a person reaches the age of sixty, although his life span is shortened, he has lived a period of life satisfactorily. If you live to the age of fifty-nine but do not live a full period of time satisfactorily, your lifespan will be considered to be short-lived and short-lived.

This spring I went back to my hometown to attend a happy event and met some older people in the village. Some were over seventy years old, but they were still working in the fields and were in good spirits. This was rarely seen in rural areas in the past. In the past, people in rural areas looked very old when they were over fifty years old. They all bent over and looked old. When I had dinner with everyone, I talked about the reasons. They all said that the food and clothing in rural areas are better now, medical conditions are better, labor intensity is less, and modern people generally live longer than people in the past.

Answer: Because of the "59-year-old retirement syndrome": whose thoughts and mentality of the elderly will produce burdens and pressures? When the sun goes down, the children have various unresolved household issues. Although it is I am about to retire, but how can I arrange three to five thousand yuan? I am worried about my destiny again. My insomnia has increased. I am not as skinny as I am fat. I have been thinking about it since I was 58, and I am plagued by illness at the age of 59. , colds and coughs broke out, complications recurred, and illnesses accumulated at a young age were reported, which corresponded to a hurdle in life at the age of 59. It was reported that many famous people died at the age of 59.

What to do first? , to accept the fact of retirement, think openly and let go. Try to rearrange your life, adapt to the new environment and lifestyle, communicate more with relatives and friends, and participate in more social activities to release or transfer bad emotions as soon as possible.

Secondly, we must learn to be content with what we have.

After retirement, it is inevitable that some people's economic and social status will decline. Therefore, do not expect too much both spiritually and materially, and learn to be satisfied.

Again, cultivate life interests and hobbies. Such as gardening flowers, raising birds, playing chess, etc. The two of them, who used to drive, often go to the wild areas to practice and breathe fresh air, which enriches their lives and combines physical exercise with hobbies that are beneficial to the body and mind.

Finally, children should pay more attention to their parents. Children should often write letters to their parents, make phone calls or visit them, accompany their retired parents through this stage, and gradually allow them to accept a new life.

Epilogue: No one can predict the future of longevity. 55 is a long life, and 59 is not a short life.

The Chinese nation has a long history and its cultural connotation is broad and profound! The wisdom of the working people is revealed from rural sayings, old sayings, and proverbs. "Death at the age of fifty-nine is still a short-lived ghost" is people's understanding of death. There are many views on death. The death of a newborn is called premature death, the death of a child is called short-lived, the death of a teenager is called short-lived ghost, and the short-lived ghost is what people outside the world think of the deceased. Feeling sorry, saying this before the death of the deceased's loved ones will make people feel even more heartbroken.

He died at the age of fifty-nine, so why is he a short-lived ghost? Fifty people know destiny, but life and death have destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven. Birth, old age, illness and death are unstoppable. But this happens to everyone who dies. It's a matter of coming early or coming late. The Lord of Hell will let you go at the third watch, but will not let you come at the fifth watch. People set it according to the reincarnation of heaven and earth and the cycle of sixty years. Sixty years is the cycle of sixty years. According to rounding reasoning, sixty-six years is the first life span. In the course of human life, there are layers of checkpoints warning people: sixty-six, meat on a hob, seventy-three, ghosts come to help, eighty-four, the king of hell does not invite you to go. With a long life, only through hardships and twists and turns can you achieve true results.

With the development and progress of society and the continuous improvement of medical standards, people’s life span is constantly increasing. In the past it was not easy for people to live over sixty, but it has been rare since ancient times for people to live over seventy. If a person only lives to be fifty-nine and dies, then his lifespan is not very long, and he can also be called a short-lived ghost.

Nowadays, people’s life expectancy is increasing year by year. Fifty-nine is still a legitimate age. Some people have extended their retirement years, and some are still working outside to make money. If you were born in the countryside, if you are a farmer, and you are fifty-nine years old, you have elders above you and young ones below. The elders must be filial, and your children and wives depend on you to buy a house and a car. You cannot die, you dare not die. , you can’t afford to die. If you die, you will really become a short-lived ghost. It’s not that people owe you, but that you owe too many people and you won’t be able to pay them back in your next life.

Today, sixty is still young, seventy is not old, eighty and ninety can take care of themselves, and centenarians are everywhere. Dying at the age of fifty-nine is indeed a short-lived thing. It would be a real loss to die in your seventies.