First, the source:

1. In ancient times, it should be said that "thirty people don't learn art, forty people don't study", and "forty people don't learn art" should be the current saying.

2. The meaning of the phrase "if you don't learn art at 3, you won't study at 4" has two meanings:

(1) Learn while you are young, or wait for no one, young people don't learn skills, and when you are old, you accomplish nothing

(2) Learn when you are old, you have no energy, poor memory, and no one will use you if you don't learn well.

Learning is a lifelong thing, especially in the rapidly changing society. If you don't study, you will be eliminated. ?

3. Trinity of Biography of luliang heroes: "When people are over 3, they don't learn art, and when they are old, their hands and feet are no longer flexible. Let the young people make trouble!"

Second, ancient and modern meanings:

1. According to the conclusion that "standing at 3, not at 4, knowing destiny at 5", the life span of ancient Chinese people is very short. Generally, a person's life is determined by 6 flowers. That's why there is a saying that "people live for seventy years". Therefore, according to this calculation, the life before the age of 3 is the period of starting a career. By the age of 4, people will know everything, and there will be no more doubts. By the age of 5, they will see the destiny. After thirty, an old friend should not study art any more, but should strengthen the established foundation (including career and family), that is, the stage of "staying in business".

2. "Art" refers to the craft of supporting the family in the early years, such as actors, magicians, carpenters, cooks and so on. In the past, there was no vocational education, no re-employment training, and the traditional skills paid attention to the master's words and deeds, and the apprentice's natural endowment had to accumulate over time before he could "stop at this point and be proficient." After the age of 3, it is difficult for people to learn another trade or change careers to learn a new trade, because at this time, they basically have a family and children, and it is difficult to learn new things.

3. Today's "art" can also refer to some leisure expansion skills, which makes the meaning of words more meaningful than before with the development and transformation of people's thoughts. At the same time, with the development of human society, the average life expectancy in China has reached 76 years, and there are many centenarians. Moreover, with the development of science and technology, the life expectancy of human beings will continue to be extended. "People who are over 3 don't learn art" is also used to persuade young people to work hard early.

4. Today, 3 years old is the prime time for doctors and postdocs to climb the peak of science. Many important scientific research achievements were also created by scientists of this age group. Many Nobel Prize winners did not reach the peak until they were over thirty.

5. In the high-tech era, "lifelong learning" has become a popular knowledge in the West. He who knows the times is a hero, and young people should persevere. Never give up halfway and regret for life. Extended content:

1. lifelong learning

Lifelong learning refers to the continuous learning process that every member of society runs through one's life to meet the needs of social development and individual development. That is, we often say "it is never too old to learn" or "there is no end to learning". Under the special social, educational and life background, the concept of lifelong learning came into being, which is lifelong, universal and extensive. After lifelong education and lifelong learning were put forward, countries generally attached importance to it and actively practiced it. Lifelong learning enlightens us to establish the idea of lifelong education, enable students to learn to learn, and more importantly, cultivate students to develop good habits of initiative, continuous exploration, self-renewal, applying what they have learned and optimizing knowledge.

(1) Lifelong

This is the biggest feature of lifelong education. It breaks through the framework of regular schools, regards education as a continuous learning process in one's life, and it is the sum of all kinds of training people have received in their life, thus realizing the unification of the whole education process from preschool period to old age. It includes both formal education and informal education. It includes all stages and forms of the education system.

(2) Nationality

The universality of lifelong education means that people who receive lifelong education include all people, regardless of gender, age, difference between rich and poor, race and sex. Albert, an educational researcher in Hamburg, UNESCO, puts forward that lifelong education has the characteristics of democratization, and opposes that educational knowledge serves the so-called elite, so that ordinary people with multiple abilities can get educational opportunities equally. In fact, everyone in today's society must learn to survive, and learning to survive is inseparable from lifelong education, because survival and development are the mainstream of the times, and learning is necessary to survive, which is a new topic put forward by modern society for everyone.

(3) Extensive

Lifelong education includes both family education, school education and social education. It can be said that it includes all stages of people, and it is education at all times, all places, all occasions and all aspects. Lifelong education has expanded the learning world and injected new vitality into the whole education.

(4) Flexibility and practicality

Modern life-long flexibility is manifested in that anyone who needs to learn can receive any form of education anytime and anywhere. The time, place, content and method of study are all decided by individuals. People can choose the most suitable study according to their own characteristics and needs.

Resources:

Learning _ Baidu Encyclopedia