Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, who is this famous saying from?

"It takes ten years to plant trees, but it takes a hundred years to cultivate people" is a famous saying of Guan Zhong, which comes from Guan Zi Quan Xiu San. Guan Zhong was a statesman of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was known as "the first phase of China". Guanzi is a compilation of hundred schools of thought's speeches in the pre-Qin period, which includes the views of Legalists, Confucianists, Taoists, Yin and Yang scholars, famous artists, military strategists and peasants.

Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people

A year's plan is nothing more than a tree valley; The ten-year plan is nothing more than a tree; Lifelong planning is nothing more than cultivating people. A tree gets a tree, and the valley is also; Ten wins in one tree, and wood is also; A tree has a hundred things, and so do people.

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Nothing is better than planting crops in a one-year plan; Ten years of planning, nothing is better than planting trees; There is nothing better than training and selecting talents all your life. Once cultivated, it is the crops that double the harvest; Once cultivated, it is the tree that harvests ten times; Once you practice, all the people who gain a hundredfold (shine on you is better than Blue) are talents.

Brief introduction of Guan zhong

Guan Zhong, a philosopher, politician and strategist, was born in 723 BC and died in 645 BC. Honored as "Guan Zi" by later generations, he was a representative figure of Legalists in the Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Zhong's main achievements are: strengthening Qi Batu, assisting Huan Gong and Nine Kings, initiating legalism, and assisting Qi Huangong to become the first of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.