extreme joy begets sorrow

extreme joy begets sorrow

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is l è J í B ē IL á I, which means that when joy reaches its peak, it turns to sadness. It comes from the seven signatures of Yunji.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Junfang's "seven signatures of Yunji" in Song Dynasty, Volume 83: "if a man dies, he will live, and if he lives, he will suffer. The rise and fall of loss and profit, the common sense of things will shift with each passing day, and the full moon will lead to loss. Happiness comes with sorrow, while prosperity comes with decline. Life and death is the constant of heaven, earth and man. "

Idiom usage

Examples

Who knows, since he came to Beijing, Di Gong has cut off the evil and the sycophant, reorganized the imperial program, and had no spare time at all. He is tall and old, and his energy is decaying, so that he becomes ill with hard work. The 63rd chapter of the anonymous case of Di Gong in Qing Dynasty