nourish the living and bury the dead -- do one 's duty

nourish the living and bury the dead -- do one 's duty

The Chinese idiom, pronounced s ò NGW ǎ ngsh ì J ū, means to bury the dead and support the living. It comes from "baopuzi · chenjie" by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book baopuzi · chenjie written by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "if you send them away, you will be loyal and never return."

Discrimination of words

Synonym: send to live

Idiom usage

It means to bury the dead and support the living