lament at the death of a famous man

lament at the death of a famous man

Life, glory and death, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē NgR ó ngs ǐ I, which means to be respected when alive, and to be sad when dead. To honor the revered dead. From the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In Confucius' Analects of Confucius · Zi Zhang of the pre Qin period: "his life is glorious, and his death is sad." Xing Minshu: "life is glorious, death is sad."

Idiom usage

In Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang's poem crying for his mother: "Madame founded the country, divided the Wei Dynasty, and sent heaven and earth."

Analysis of Idioms

The glory of life and the sorrow of death