The birth of one Buddha and the nirvana of two Buddhas

The birth of one Buddha and the nirvana of two Buddhas

"One Buddha born" means that things are not easy. "I heard that the imperial court removed (promoted) one person and the six relatives congratulated each other. It's not easy to say that one Buddha was born." Nirvana is the ultimate goal pursued by Buddhists. It is also called Nirvana after the death of Sakyamuni or his disciples. "One Buddha is born, two Buddhas are Nirvana" is a folk play language, which describes the suffering of the sick or the tortured. "Outlaws of the marsh" chapter 39: "fight Songjiang a Buddha born, two Buddha nirvana, flesh and blood." And the fifty third: "people have to take over Li Kui, fight a Buddha born, two Buddha nirvana." He also wrote "one Buddha is born, two Buddhas are born in heaven", Volume 5 of Ming Dynasty's Ling Mengchu's "two moment clapping a case and marveling at it": "zhenzhuji is thrown in disorder, crying that one Buddha is born, two Buddhas are born in heaven."

Idiom information

[explanation] Buddhists call life "birth" and death "Nirvana". It's about life and death. In ancient times, one Buddha was born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were born, two Buddhas were Nirvana

The origin of Idioms

Song Jiang was born with one Buddha and two Buddhas were in Nirvana. (the 39th chapter of the complete story of the water margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty)

Idiom story

Song Jiang, a hero of Liangshan port, went to Xunyang building in Jiangzhou to drink. He wrote a poem "Xijiang moon" on the wall and signed his name. Huang Wenbing, a traitor, reported it to magistrate Cai Jiu in the name of anti poetry. Cai Jiu immediately sent someone to capture Song Jiang and beat him to the death of one Buddha and two Buddhas.

Examples of Idioms

As soon as he bent down, he sat down in the ground and burst into tears. He cried and complained. This cry led to the birth of one Buddha and nirvana of two Buddhas. (Chapter 89 of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty)