Chapter 68 Old talk old

Talking about old age is right in front of you, but it is easier said than done! What is the reason?The reason is that sometimes I admit that I am old, and sometimes I don't admit it. I really don't know where to start. I remember many years ago, when I was less than sixty years old, someone called me "Ji Lao".However, once upon a time, without knowing it, it gradually became pleasant to the ears, and sometimes it even felt a little sweet.I was taken aback: It turned out that I was really old, and I also admitted that I was old.As for when this big change started, I am a bit at a loss, and I am deliberating and researching.

In any case, it is not easy for a person to admit being old.One of my teachers who was in his early nineties told me one day that he didn't feel old yet, that's all.I think the key here is the word "gradual".A few years ago, I read an essay by Mr. Feng Zikai that contained a strong philosophy, which was about the word "Jian".This word has great supernatural powers, and its role in life must not be underestimated.If people have sorrow and pain, if they don't gradually fade away, they will definitely not be able to live.When people encounter great joy, if they don't gradually recover their calm, they will inevitably get carried away and go crazy with joy.When people enter the old state, they gradually feel it.It's wonderful to be able to feel old.People gradually feel old. From a positive point of view, it can remind you that a person's years are by no means inexhaustible. Once impermanence arrives, there is no time for regret.On the negative side, once you think about your age, you shouldn't do hard work that you did when you were young.Individuals who like to strive for fame and profit in the court may be able to restrain themselves a little.It's too old to be useful!

How am I dealing with old age myself?It is also quite simple to say.Although I am an octogenarian, not all internal parts are very sound; but I take it calmly, and I think that it is in line with the laws of nature that people get a little sick when they get old, and there is no need to make a fuss.If you are old and have no disease at all, and everyone lives to be two or three hundred years old or even longer, then those who shout "aging society" today may even be hoarse, and they will tremble with fright. The earth will also be crushed.I don't want to dream of immortality.My attitude towards old age, and even towards life, is Taoist.I believe in two lines of Tao Yuanming's poem:

In the midst of the waves, Neither happy nor afraid. This is how I approach old age. Seeing that I am already a handful of years old, many people ask me: Is there any secret to longevity.My answer is: My secret is no secret, or no secret.I often see that there are some people who believe in secrets, but there are so many taboos.I dare not eat this, and I dare not taste that. For example, when eating eggs, I only eat egg whites, not egg yolks, because egg yolks are said to be high in cholesterol; animal offal is never eaten, also because of high cholesterol.Some people have to sterilize an apple three times before peeling it; It smells like disinfectant.Once upon a time, there was a professor in the Department of Chemistry who carefully calculated the number of calories and vitamins for a meal. The mathematical formula used for a meal was equivalent to an experiment.What was the result?As a result, the monthly meal expenses are 10 times higher than others, but the person is thinner than a dry chicken.When a person has reached this point, what joy is there in life?If he wears microscope glasses with a magnification of a hundred times, what he sees is nothing but bacteria, how can he survive?

As for myself, I would never do it, I have neither time nor interest.I will eat whatever I think is delicious, and I will not eat anything that is not tasty, or I will eat less, and all the calories and vitamins will go to hell.There is no burden in my heart, my appetite will naturally be good, and everything I eat can be digested well.If it is supplemented with leg work, hand work, and brain work, all diseases will naturally be cured.I think brain work is especially important.If you have to let me tell you a secret, then my secret is: don't let your mind be lazy, and your mind should never stop thinking about problems.

I am already an octogenarian, but as far as Peking University is concerned, I am not yet qualified to rely on the old to sell the old.Among the professors, they are lined up according to age, and I am afraid that I will be ranked after more than twenty.I imagined that there was a team of Peking University professors marching to Babaoshan arranged in order of age in front of me.Of course there are many people behind me.But looking forward, I am not yet at the top of the queue, so I am quite relieved and not in a hurry.However, there were some people who were younger than me who were behind me, rushed ahead of me, passed the head of the queue, and climbed the mountain.I feel really sorry, and I blame them a little bit. Today, the average life expectancy in our country has exceeded 70 years, which has doubled compared to before liberation. You are in a period of vigorous energy, and it is a good time to serve the country. Why do you have to be the first to climb the mountain? Woolen cloth?I can't stop this, and I'm afraid it's not what I want.But I have made up my mind not to preemptively stop.

What is the purpose of surviving without being the first to stop?What are you going to do?I have always had a view that I think is correct: people eat to live, but they do not live to eat.In old age, even more so.I still have some work to do, and these tasks are still beneficial to the people and the motherland, no matter how big or small the "benefit" is.I want to finish these tasks and at the same time train some talents for the country.I still have to work honestly and be an innocent person; I will never do anything wrong to the motherland and the people; I should try to think more about others and less about my own gains and losses.People over 80, money and wealth are like floating clouds, you should worry more about the next generation, less about personal fame and fortune, and never plagiarize or plagiarize when writing articles.When it is time to go, let nature take its course, leave calmly, and be worthy of my conscience, then my wish is enough.

I've said all I have to say, but I'd like to take this opportunity to complain a bit.I mentioned the term "aging society" above.I understand this concept, and I agree with some measures.I am in favor of rejuvenating cadres and rejuvenating teachers.However, I have a great dislike for the "aging society" that is loudly shouted in the newspapers every day.It seems that once a person passes 60, he becomes a burden of society and a stumbling block hindering social progress. I think it is a bit alarmist, and I don't know what the intention is.I am an old man myself, and I have observed many other old men.Some of them are idle, some are lying in the hospital and cannot move, some are carrying birdcages and fishing rods every day, and so on, and so on.But these are only a few, not all of the elderly.There are still many old people who have reached their octogenarian ages and are overdue for the longevity of rice and even tea, but they are still diligent and conscientious.I don't necessarily agree with the saying "Ginger is old and spicy".Young people are full of vigor and vitality, which is our hope for the future. It is absolutely necessary to let them board the key road.However, there is no need to babble about the elderly every day, saying, "You are already old! You are no longer good enough! You cannot absolve yourself of the responsibility for the formation of an aging society!" What is the use of doing this?With the improvement of life, people's average life expectancy will increase, and the proportion of the elderly in society will increase in the future.Even if you think it's a bad thing, there's nothing you can do to change it.I heard that Mr. Qian Xuantong advocated that all people over 40 should be shot.This is just an angry speech. Someone wrote a poem to satirize that he himself has lived past 40 and still lives.Some of us are always worried about the aging of society. Can all people over the age of 60 commit suicide?Aging is not the same thing as having a large population.Worries about population explosion can be stopped with family planning.Aging is a natural trend and there is no way to stop it.Since it cannot be stopped, there is no need to yell, it is futile.I always suspect that "aging" is also an imported product imported from foreign countries.Westerners have a different concept of ethics than we do.We can do without imitating others.The quality is brilliant, what do you think?

After the complaint is over, the article is over, and I hope to tolerate the extremes. July 15, 1991