The year of Sangyu refers to 80 to 90 years old, which refers to the meaning of people reaching their twilight years and evening scenes.
The year of mulberry elm literally means that the sunset falls on the elm trees and mulberry treetops, which means that the time of the day is running out, describing that people are already in their old age. Since most of the age of ancient people was not expressed by numbers, other titles were used instead.
The year of Sangyu comes from "Wei Shu You Minggen Biography": "Minggen said to the ministers, when the bell sounded and leaked, the emperor was Ze, the head was all, and the private court was exhausted, and the emperor and the emperor were gracious, and the minister's wish was also." ”
The translation is: (You Minggen responds) I am already very old, at this time I am old and weak, I am old and weak, I am favored by the emperor, I have a good beginning and a good end, I spend my last years at home, and accept the grace of the emperor and the emperor, which is what I am willing to do.
The age title of the old man in ancient times
Age: Ear Shun - refers to a man who is sixty years old.
Huajia - the chronology of the sexagenary branch, starting from Jiazi, sixty years as a week. It is usually called "sixty flower nails", so sixty years old is called flower nails.
Age: From the heart - refers to a man who is seventy years old.
Ancient rarity - Very few people in ancient times lived to be seventy years old. Du Fu has a poem that says: "Wine debts are common everywhere, and life is rare for seventy years." Later generations in turn called the age of seventy the age of antiquity.
Year: Xishou - refers to 77 years old, the cursive character is like seventy-seven, and in ancient times it refers to seventy-seven years old.
Age: 耄耋 - refers to eighty years old. "Erya Commentary" notes: "Eighty is old." "Elder refers to old age in general, and often represents a ten-year-old man.
Age: Mi Shou - The word rice is eighty-eight, which refers to eighty-eight years old in ancient times, and can also mean that although he is old, he has a strong appetite.
Age: Shangshou - refers to ninety years old.
Mackerel back - mackerel is a kind of fish, the folds on the back are like the old man's **, so it refers to the age of ninety.
Frozen pears - older people will have age spots, like the markings on frozen pears, and ninety-year-old people are also called frozen pears.