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Seven is not out, eight is not returning, it turns out that this is the meaning!
Time flies, the Spring Festival begins to pass, and many people have embarked on a journey to return to work.
There is an old saying called "seven is not out, eight is not returned".
Many people understand this sentence as saying that they do not go out on the seventh day of the first lunar month, and do not go home on the eighth day of the first month. Some people even count the seventeenth, eighteenth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth days of the lunar calendar.
In this regard, some people criticize that this is a feudal superstition, a dross handed down from the ancestors.
In fact, neither of these statements is true!
"Seven does not come out, eight do not return" is actually the words left by the old ancestors to educate people, and the correct interpretation should be like this.
Seven out
It is said that before going out, there are seven things that are not done well and do not go out.
These seven things are: chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, that is, what we usually call opening the door seven things.
In the past, people who went out were often family members and the backbone of the family, so they had to arrange the life of the family before they could go out.
In ordinary days, the most real happiness is chai rice oil salt vinegar tea.
Some people may think that living such a life with their family every day is too simple and boring, but it is the warmest, most down-to-earth, and thickest happiness.
Eight no returns
It's about going out, there are eight things you don't do well and don't go home.
These eight things are: filial piety, compassion, loyalty, faith, courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and shame.
These are the eight basic moral principles of the ancients, and violating any one of them is to apologize to the ancestors and face their families without face.
Filial piety, compassion, loyalty, faith, courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. These eight virtues should penetrate into the marrow of every descendant of the Chinese nation. We should keep it in mind and strictly abide by it.
We should truly understand the meaning of "seven not out, eight not returning", and at the same time keep this ancestral precept in mind at all times to inspire us to face life more positively.
China's five-thousand-year civilization is broad and profound, and every old saying that has been handed down has its profound meaning, and it is imperative not to label feudal superstitions and beat to death with a stick, let alone to be arrogant and self-effacing, and forget the lessons of the ancestors.
On the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, Guoxuejun wishes everyone smooth and prosperous, all the best, and the family members who travel pay attention to safety and smooth wind!
Agree to the point of "watching", quickly tell the friends around you the knowledge of "seven not out, eight not returning", please forward and share, carry forward the traditional Chinese culture!
(Source: Guoxue Life WeChat public account)
Proofreader: Feng Wenjun
Photo editor: You Feifei
Production: Zhang Wei
Editor-in-charge: Zhang Xiaoguang
Producer: Pu Hongyi
Issued: Pan Linqing