? What does it mean to raise a child for old age? Where does it come from?

Origin: Song - Chen Yuanliang, "Things Lin Guangji": "Raising children to prevent old age, accumulating grain to prevent hunger."

Interpretation: Raising a son is to prevent old age.

Interpretation: Raising children is to prevent old age.

Pronunciation: yǎng er fang lǎo

Example sentences:

1. Raise a son to prevent old age.

2. A tool for raising children to prevent old age, then one must ask, why do I need to have children?

3. For them, buying a child is an investment to raise a child against old age.

4. Sichuan has a large rural population, the vast majority of which is not covered by labor insurance, and the deep-rooted tradition is to raise children for old age.

5. In some areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, couples without a boy buy and illegally adopt kidnapped children because a boy can carry on the family line and raise children for old age.