to live is like being a lodger in the world , and to die is like returning home

to live is like being a lodger in the world , and to die is like returning home

Life depends on death, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē NGJ ì s ǐ Gu ī, meaning that life is like temporary residence, death is like returning. Don't take life and death as one thing. From Huainanzi · spiritual training.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · spiritual training": "life: send; death: return."

Idiom story

It is said that in ancient times, Dayu became the leader of China for his meritorious service in flood control. Once he went to the southern provinces for inspection, and took a boat with his entourage to the middle of the river. Suddenly, a yellow dragon lifted the boat into the air, and the people on the boat were all at sea. Dayu laughed and said, "I am ordered by heaven to work hard for all the people. To live is to send; to die is to return. " Seeing that he could not scare Dayu, Huanglong fled in a hurry.

Idiom usage

I've traveled all over the spiritual world, and I've met quite a lot. I've known that I want to return to life and death, and I want to travel in the future, so I'm not hindered. Xu HongZu's travel notes of Xu Xiake in Ming Dynasty