I hope that future generations will take this as a warning and not become discouraged by playing with things.

What is the next sentence of "Three generations will be poor by fishing, and a life will be ruined by playing with birds"? Most of the people who can answer it are noble people

China has a history of five thousand years. In feudal society, , dignitaries are in the ruling class and have more leisure time than ordinary people. But without the Internet in ancient times, what would everyone play? A jingle answered our doubts: "Fishing will ruin three generations, playing with birds will ruin a life." Now this sentence has been changed into many versions on the Internet, such as "Photography is poor for three generations, SLR ruins a life" and so on. But there is actually another sentence to the original words. People who can say the complete words now are mostly noble people.

First of all, let’s talk about the first half of the sentence: “Three generations will be poor by fishing, and a life will be ruined by playing with birds.” This sentence first started to spread in the Qing Dynasty. During the prosperous ages of Kangxi and Qianlong, many nobles were idle all day long, thinking about eating, drinking and having fun every day when they opened their eyes. A group of nobles who pursue a high-quality life started fishing in order to distinguish themselves from the nouveau riche. Soon this became the most mainstream pastime for the upper class. If no fish was caught, everyone would drink tea and discuss Taoism while fishing; when they caught fish, they would cook and recite poems.

The same goes for fishing. People are trying to survive. Of course, they don’t have the leisure to go fishing leisurely. After a tiring day, I go home and fall asleep. Although fishing and playing with birds can cultivate one's emotions, physical needs must be solved first before spiritual needs can be pursued. So later there was a saying called playing with things to lose one's ambition, which refers to these nobles who do not think about making progress every day, just teasing birds and fishing. Nowadays, some young people are addicted to the online world all day long and gradually lose touch with the real society.

I still know that people who say the second half of this sentence are usually noble people. Why do you say this? Because the things in the following two sentences are things that only people from the upper class have the leisure to play with. That sentence is "If you learn how a dog chases a hare, you will start on the road of no return. If you fall in love with an eagle, look at the sky with tears in your eyes."

Although this sentence seems humorous, it is actually The predecessors warned future generations that everything is too much, and it is certainly possible to relax appropriately, but excessive indulgence has endless consequences. The reason why people are human is that they can overcome their own nature and exert their subjective initiative. Otherwise, what is the difference between them and the animals that only know how to eat and drink?

I hope that future generations will take this as a warning and not become frustrated by playing with things.