Thirty years in the East, thirty years in the West. Where is this river? Which river is it?

I think everyone has heard this saying: thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the wind and water turn around, don't bully the young and the poor. Whether in TV series or in daily life, this sentence is often used to express the speaker's enthusiasm and resentment, mainly to describe a person's special glory a few years ago, with a lot of money and an unshakable position; But a few years later, the family unexpectedly declined. Therefore, it has become a metaphor for the vicissitudes of life.

But why Hedong Hexi instead of Shannan and Shanbei? What river is this? Where did this sentence originally come from? Let's find out today.

There are two widely circulated sayings about this:

The first argument is related to the diversion of the Yellow River.

As we all know, the Yellow River mainly originates from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, flows into the Bohai Sea and crosses the Loess Plateau at the same time. The overall geographical environment is particularly complicated. So it is also called the river on the ground. It is for this reason that the Yellow River will be diverted.

The diversion of the Yellow River was common in ancient times. The biggest shift occurred in the Han Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Xianfeng period, it was once diverted. So some villages were in the east of the Yellow River before the diversion, and became the west of the Yellow River after the diversion, which is called Hedong Hexi.

The second statement comes from an allusion.

The background of this allusion happened after the An Shi Rebellion. At that time, he made some achievements in the military, so Tang attached great importance to this minister and wanted to woo him and betrothed his daughter to be his wife. I didn't expect my daughter's children to develop bad habits, which can be described as particularly delicate, and when they grow up, they have no concept of money at all, so they can spend it as they want. This led to the decline of the family, and children had to beg for a living outside.

Once he begged and went to Hexi Zhuang, remembering that his former wet nurse belonged to this village, he wanted to see it. I can ask many people, but I can't find the wet nurse's residence. The child wants to ask the farmer across the street to see if he knows that this farmer is the wet nurse's own son. He followed the farmer to his home and found that there was a lot of food and livestock at home, and he was shocked at once.

He thought the farmer's family was particularly poor, but he didn't realize that his family was still rich, so he couldn't understand it. He asked the farmer why he was so rich but had to work in the fields. The farmer claims that no matter how rich he is, he can't live if he idles around. It is better to save money and earn money at the same time. This is the pleasure of being a man. After listening to this, he felt particularly sad, and because of this allusion, he got that sentence.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the wind and water turn, not bullying the young and the poor. Bian Xiao also used this sentence to tell himself that the difficult situation is temporary. Get through this period of survival, and everything will be fine. Thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west, who knows what will happen later, right? Welcome everyone to leave a message and write down your stories.