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Why do you call 90 years old mackerel 100 years old?

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The word "mackerel" comes from the Book of Songs, "Mackerel" means "mackerel".

The word "mackerel" is from the Book of Songs. The term "Yi" is used to refer to a hundred years of life. Yi, Zhu Xi said is "said when raised only". That is, living and living poets care. The term Yi means a person who is a hundred years old. The period of Yi refers to one hundred years old. "The term "period Yi" is a special term for a person who has reached the age of one hundred. Li Ji - Qu Li Shang: "A hundred years is said to be a hundred years old." Zheng Xuan note: "period, Judah to be also; Yi, also raise. I do not know the clothes, food and flavor, filial piety son to do the best to raise the road only." Meaning: people to a hundred years old, food, housing, animals and other aspects of filial piety need to take care of, so the "hundred years old" is called "period Yi".