It's another warm and warm spring, with pink and green everywhere, and the earth presents a vibrant scene. At this time, we often think of the old saying that "a year's plan lies in spring" and persuade people to cherish the great spring scenery and work hard for life and ideals.

actually, there is another sentence in this sentence, that is, "a day's plan lies in yin." This was originally from Xiao Yi's Compilation in the Southern Dynasties.

yin, it's yinshi. It is one of the twelve-hour timekeeping methods in ancient China, which refers to the time between three and five in the morning.

The time for planning and planning in a year should be in spring, and the time for planning and planning in a day should be in the morning; The most precious thing in a family is harmony, and the most important thing for a person to succeed is diligence.

moral: we should grasp the time of each year and every day, and make plans early; Maintain good family harmony and adhere to the good habit of hard work. Extended information

In Augmented Xianwen, there is a more complete statement:

A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in Yin.

the plan of a family lies in harmony, and the plan of a lifetime lies in diligence.

the ancients will use 12 earthly branches, that is, "Zi Chou Yin Mao Tatsumi Shen You Xu Hai at noon" as the name of 12 hours a day. "Yin" is an ancient time method, which is the third hour of the day, equivalent to 3: am to 5: am, which is what the ancients called "Five Watches".

what the ancients mean is that you should prepare for a day when you are in Yinshi. Maybe many people will say, it's still so early in Yinshi, and I'm still in a sweet dream. Did the ancients get up already?

yes, the ancients were different from modern people. They also went to bed and got up early. Huangdi Neijing said: "Sleep at sea, start at Yinshi, and have a rest at noon." The ancients usually went to bed at about nine o'clock in the evening and got up at three or four o'clock in the morning.