age of fifty

age of fifty

Zhimingnian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ī m ì ngzh ī Ni á n, which means the age when one knows one's own destiny. 50 years old. It comes from the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, it is said that "the destiny is known at fifty."

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, when Confucius was excluded from the political arena of the state of Lu, he led his disciples around the world. After encountering obstacles in Wei, Zheng, Chen, Jin and other places, he lived in the state of CAI. Confucius talked with his disciples about his own experience. He said that he had been determined to promote Taoism since he was 30 years old, and that he had experienced the age of knowing his life, so that now he is nearly 70 years old and has not been able to promote benevolent government Zai Yu came to comfort Confucius immediately

Idiom usage

As an object; of 50 years old. In the biography of Li WA, written in the bamboo slips of Bai Xing in Tang Dynasty, it is said that "when you know your life, you will have a son, and then you will be weak."