The virtue of a gentleman can be cut down in five generations. This is a sentence in "Mencius Li Lou Chapter 2", not three generations. It means that a gentleman with noble conduct and outstanding ability has worked hard to achieve a career, and the blessings and blessings left to future generations have been exhausted after several generations.

Similar to what we often say, you can only be rich for three generations, and if you are from a poor family, you have to be in the currency circle. But if you have experienced three bulls and bears and haven’t become rich yet, there must be a reason, including myself🤣