lament at the death of a famous man

lament at the death of a famous man

Life and death, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē NgR ó ngs ǐ Shu ā I, which means to praise the revered dead. It comes from the history of Gongwei in Song Dynasty by Xu Muxi.

The origin of Idioms

The 46th chapter of the history of Gongwei in the Song Dynasty written by Xu Muxi: "all the scholars who took charge of Wei were in the same official position, and their life and death were in the extreme."

Idiom explanation

To honor the revered dead. The same as "life, honor and death".