Three equal and two full

Three equal and two full

Sanping and Erman, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NP í ng è RM ǎ n, which means to describe a comfortable and satisfied life. It comes from Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's preface to Si Xiu Ju Shi Shi.

Idiom usage

A hundred years of rain, wind and grass, but everything goes smoothly. Xin Qiji, Song Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Huang Tingjian's preface to the poems of four hermits in Song Dynasty: "if you are satisfied with simple food and tea, you will be satisfied; if you are broken, you will be satisfied; if you are not greedy or jealous, you will be satisfied."

Analysis of Idioms

Stable and stable

Idiom story

In the Song Dynasty, sun Jufang, the imperial physician, was named Jingchu. He dispensed medicine free of charge for the literati, and he didn't want others to thank him. He's called himself the fourth hermit. Valley asked him why, Sixiu laughed and said: "if you have enough food and tea, you will stop when you are warm and cold; if you are not greedy, you will stop when you are old."