Traditional culture has gone through thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, has continued to this day, and has never been broken, which shows that our traditional culture has a very tenacious vitality. Even in the face of the iron hooves of the strong, even in the face of the steel knives of the enemy, our civilization still shines brilliantly on this land.
Folk sayings are the experience and wisdom passed down by the ancestors for thousands of years, and the sayings can be passed down from word of mouth to the present day, which is enough to prove its value. If the folk sayings have not been passed down to this day, it only means that they have no value for the ancestors.
Therefore, the sayings that can be passed down to this day must have a certain truth.
As the saying goes, it encompasses all aspects of life, such as the method of knowing people in interpersonal communication. Folk ancestors believe that a person's appearance can often determine a person's good fortune, good and evil, rich and poor. When he, such a view, was only subject to the level of knowledge of the ancestors and the subjective consciousness of the society at that time, he would have such a one-sided cognition.
Many folk sayings of the people are derived from this, such as the phrase "the little finger passes three levels, and does not worry about eating and wearing".
This sentence was influenced by the ancient ancestor's "Concept of Mandate of Heaven" and would be passed on to the people. So, what exactly does this sentence mean? What does the so-called "passing the three levels" refer to? Why is there such a statement?
As the saying goes, "the little finger passes three levels, do not worry about eating and wearing" in the "three passes" actually refers to the length of the little finger.
The three levels of "passing the three levels" actually refer to the polyline between the knuckles on the ring finger and the knuckles.
This sentence actually means that if the length of the little thumb exceeds the top line, it means "no worries about eating and wearing".
So, is this really the case? What is the truth of this saying of the old ancestors?
The ancestors believed that people with long little thumbs, that is, the fingertips of those little thumbs, exceeded the top line of the ring finger, or were parallel to it, indicating that the little thumb was longer.
Such people, who are naturally sensitive to language, can effectively accept the information passed on by others. This kind of person is not only good at grasping the emotions revealed in the language bit by bit, but also very good at financial management and very shrewd. They are not necessarily good at talking, but they are very sensitive to language; they are not necessarily very rich, but they can grasp the wealth in their hands.
People with shorter little thumbs are different. The tip of the little thumb is under the folding line at the top of the ring finger, indicating that the person's little thumb is relatively short, that is, his little finger has not passed three levels.
Such people have difficulty expressing feelings or lack confidence in their ability to express themselves. They are not good at words, and they are not very good at financial management. Therefore, often their lives are relatively unsatisfactory in the eyes of the ancestors.
However, these external things actually play a very limited role in our understanding of people. Many people, even if the little thumb is relatively short, but their lives are also very happy.
Therefore, the saying that "the little finger passes three levels and does not worry about eating and wearing" is actually not entirely correct. People with long little fingers may not be able to have a happy life, and people with short little fingers will not be able to eat three meals, and their lives are managed by themselves. Instead of resigning yourself to fate!
These sayings of the ancestors are often summed up according to the experience and way of thinking of their time, according to today's concepts, such sayings may not be objective enough, but they can reflect the values and world outlook of the ancestors at that time.