Jiàn lǎo wú máng; rén lǎo wú gāng.

劍老無芒, 人老無剛。

Lit [When] swords [get] old, [they] have no edge; [when] people [get] old, [they] have no strength.

Fig When people get older, they lose their strength of will.

Note [Rhyme; cf. Dōng Zhōu Lièguó Zhì (DZL), chap. 32; note: fēngmáng, “cutting edge”; “abilities.”]

Topics AGE Dōng Zhōu Lièguó Zhì (DZL) fēngmáng OLD AGE rhyme STRENGTH WILL