assist one 's generation and bring comfort to the common people(jì shì ān mín)

assist one 's generation and bring comfort to the common people

Ji Shi an min, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì sh ì ā nm í n, which means to govern the country and make the people live and work in peace and contentment. It comes from the book of the old Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the old book of the Tang Dynasty, the first chapter of Taizong's Chronicles: "the posture of the dragon and phoenix is the expression of the heaven and the sun. It will be twenty years old, and it will surely be able to help the world and the people."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attribute. Chapter 87 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "Mencius Ke was handed down from the sages to Zisi, and had the ambition of helping the world and the people." "Lu Taixue's poems and wine are proud of the Duke and Marquis" in Volume 29 of Xingshi Hengyan: "that official has a beautiful chest and a hidden pearl in his belly. He has the talent of heaven and earth, and the skill of helping the world and the people." Chapter 37 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: "if you want to visit your husband, you should seek the skill of helping the world and the people."

Idiom story

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan took his 4-year-old son to Qizhou. A scholar from Qizhou paid a visit to Li Yuan. He knew how to face each other. After carefully observing Li Yuan, he thought he was a noble man. After watching his son, he said, "the posture of the dragon and Phoenix, the appearance of the sun and the sky, his age will be twenty, and he will surely be able to help the world and the people." Li Yuan felt justified, so he named his son Li Shimin.

Chinese PinYin : jì shì ān mín