What is four wastes and eight defeats?
Take "carving" as an extension of the meaning of "unnecessary" Four-day-olds should refer to those who have no hope, no personality, no achievement, or no talent and live an ordinary life.
Eight defeats is one of four defeats, which means everything goes wrong. The four defeats are: great defeat, chaos, flying chaos and eight defeats. In the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded in Yuan Tiangang's book The Law of Three Generations. It means doomed to nothing.
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People born in the era of Geng Wu and Wei Xin were born on the roadside. Born in the year of Wu Geng, he was driven by the wind. I have been a brave man all my life. I am kind-hearted, fair, sincere in making friends, friendly to others and hated by villains. Six parents are weak in spring. Xia sheng's parents are less dependent. Life in autumn is blessed with longevity, and life in winter is mediocre. Every day is rich, every night is bad, and every June is eight defeats. Xin Wei, who was born when he was young, is a sheep in the field.
I've been straight all my life. Do things without hypocrisy, make friends and be kind. Rigid outside and soft inside. Spring gives birth to fame and fortune, but evening glory is expected. Life in summer is happy and leisurely, life in autumn is brilliant in the evening, and birthday in winter is mediocre. There is hope of fame every day and peace every night. Born in March, four wastes and eight losses. From the third book of life.
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