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; There are many things in a tree, and so are people. I plant it, like god uses it, and I walk like god, only the king's door.

Source: Guanzi Quanxiu

Translation:

Plan for one year, and it is best to grow whole grains; Plan for ten years, preferably planting trees; To do a good job in lifelong planning, it is best to cultivate talents. Growing grain is a harvest; Planting trees is a harvest of ten; Cultivating talents is a worthwhile thing to do. If we pay attention to cultivating talents, its effect will be magical; Only the King's Gate can do this.

Extended data

The author means to explain the importance of cultivating talents, that is to say, education plays an important role in the country, society or family and must be highly valued.

Today, when people say "it takes ten years to plant trees and a hundred years to educate people", it should contain another meaning besides the metaphor of education, that is, the importance of cultivating talents, which is exactly the meaning marked in the New Dictionary of Modern Chinese: "It takes ten years to plant trees and a hundred years to educate people". Cultivating talents is a long-term solution, and it is also described that it is not easy to cultivate talents. "