one generation plants the tree under (/in)whose (cool) shade another generation rests—?profit by the labour of one’s forefathers;one sows and another reaps;
?sweating for the benefit of future generations
? ～，祖先功績，后裔難忘。One generation plants the trees under whose shade another generation rests. The contributions of the forefathers will be engraved on the memory of their descendants.
前人栽樹，后人乘涼qian ren zai shu,hou ren cheng liang
one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests—sweating for the benefit of the future generation
前人栽樹，后人乘涼
one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests;one sows and another reaps; profiting by the labor of one’s predecessors; sweating for the benefit of future generations