seek life in the midst of death
Survival in death is an idiom, pronounced s ǐ zh ō nqi ú sh ē ng, which means struggling to survive.
source
Biography of Gongsun in the book of the later Han Dynasty
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Struggle to survive.
seek life in the midst of death
a fundamental task crucial for generations to come - bǎi nián dà jì
proceed like a school of fishes , one after the other - yú guàn yàn xíng
relatives from the various branches of the family - zhū qīn liù juàn
a person of great ability and tremendous potential - dòng liáng zhī cái