It is a virtue to abandon one's ambition and follow one's footsteps.
On this beautiful and auspicious day, I will put on adult clothes for you; Please give up children's ambitions and cultivate adults' sentiments; Maintain dignity and cultivate virtue; I wish you a long life, lucky strike.
The ambition to abandon one's youth and continue to be virtuous originated from the Ci of Local Officials written by the pre-Qin poets, which is one of the pre-Qin poems.
Extended data:
Pre-Qin poetry includes The Book of Songs, Songs of Chu, some folk songs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and some primitive social songs. The source of ancient poems contains folk songs and ancient ballads. Pre-Qin poetry is the source of China's poetry, among which The Book of Songs is the source of China's realistic poetry, and Chu Ci is the source of China's romantic poetry.
Pre-Qin poetry, with its rich content, complete rhythm and exquisite conception, set a high precedent for China's poetry. Most pre-Qin poems are short and pithy, concise and poetic. This is quite different from the long epics of the west and ethnic minorities, and has distinct characteristics.
Because of this, China's poems are exquisite and meaningful, and the connotation of poems can only be fully displayed in China's formal poems.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Pre-Qin Poetry