由于儒家圣人孔子73岁病故,亚圣孟子84岁病亡,于是便有了“七十三,八十四,阎王不叫自己去”的说法。由于古人忌讳说73岁,常用“亥”字来隐称。如唐代刘禹锡《送河南皇甫少尹赴绛州》诗云:“午桥群吏散,亥字老人迎。”李商隐《戏题赠稷山驿吏王全》诗:“过 Since the Confucian sage Confucius died at the age of 73, Ya-Sheng Mencius died of 84-year-olds, so he had the saying of “seventy-three or eighty-four, and he did not ask himself to go.” As the ancients taboo that 73-year-old, commonly used “Hai” to implicitly claimed. Such as the Tang Dynasty Liu Yuxi “sent to Henan Huangfu Shao Yin Jiangzhou” Poetry: “Bridge Qiaoli scattered, the old word greet the sea.” Li Shangyin “Qiejiaoyuan stationed Wang Quan” poem: "