pursue good fortune and avoid disaster

pursue good fortune and avoid disaster

Seeking good fortune and avoiding bad luck, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ū J í B ì Xi ō ng, which means seeking Anji and avoiding disaster. It's from the story of two pearls: mother and son divide pearls.

The origin of Idioms

Shen Jing, Ming Dynasty, wrote "it's a matter of Confucianists to pursue good fortune and avoid evil."

Analysis of Idioms

Close synonym: pursuing good fortune and escaping evil

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; used in dealing with affairs. Chapter 62 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "otherwise. Sage said: the most sincere way can be known in advance. When we ask the wise, we should seek good fortune and avoid evil. " Xiong Zhaozheng's "Zhang Juzheng" Volume 1 Chapter 5: "let me show you how to pursue good fortune and avoid evil, the situation is not as bad as it is now." Chapter 4 of a dream of Red Mansions: "those who pursue good fortune and avoid evil are gentlemen." Hong Rengan, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, wrote: "Zeng Yisi thought that Guo Pu was not blessed with wealth, but was killed. Song Yun was poor and had no place to live in. Since he can't pursue good fortune and avoid evil, is there any reason that later generations can spread to make people pursue good fortune and avoid evil? "