Saving a life is better than building a seven level floating butcher(jiù rén yī mìng，shèng zào qī jí fú tú)

Saving a life is better than building a seven level floating butcher

Saving a life is better than building a seven level pagoda is a Chinese idiom, which means to build a dead man-made pagoda. After all, it is not as good as "saving a life", so the saying goes: "saving a life is better than building a seven level pagoda".

Pronunciation:

jiùrényímìng，shèngzàoqījífútú

interpretation:

Futu: Buddhist architectural form, that is, the tower, Sanskrit: "sou block slope", also known as the float. This kind of building was originally used to worship the bones of Buddha, and later used to worship the Buddha statues and collect scriptures. Words refer to saving a person's life, just like building a seven level pagoda. To persuade people to do good or to ask for help.

source:

This idiom comes from Buddhism. In the Buddhist sutra collection of Taisho Sutra, the Buddha says, "be a hundred Buddhist temples. It's better to live alone. Live in ten places. It's better to keep your will for a day. A man's good intentions are hard to measure

Example:

Chapter 80 of journey to the West: "saving one life is better than building a seven level putu. It's better to go and save him than to learn from Buddhism. " Later, it became "saving one's life is better than eating the seven-year long fast". For example, in Chen Dengke's "living pond" 18: "dafengzi is in a hurry behind him. He grabs up and says:" Mom! It's better to save one's life than to eat a seven-year long fast. I'll go and find a way. " "Seven year long fasting" refers to long-term fasting practice. This sentence first comes from Zeng Guang Xian Wen, the tenth volume of Xing Shi Heng Yan by Feng Meng long of Ming Dynasty: "the officials and people are different! Everyone has a sense of impatience. Saving a life is better than building a seven level floating butcher. If reward is for profit, isn't it the old man's idea? " Chapter 91 of Shi Yukun's "three heroes and five righteousness" in Qing Dynasty: "brother, don't be impatient. Wait for me to feel. Is there any breath left. Isn't it better to save one's life than to build a seven level putu? "

Explanation:

In addition, we often say that "saving one life is better than building a seven story pagoda". The original meaning of "pagoda" in the sentence is "saving one life is better than building a seven story pagoda for a temple". In fact, "futu" is originally a transliteration of Buddha in Sanskrit, which means "Buddha" and refers to Sakyamuni. Later, probably because the word "Tu" was associated with "slaughter" and other words with bad meaning, it was gradually replaced by "Buddha". And "futu" of "seven levels of futu" is also called "futu" after transliteration in Sanskrit budhashtupa. Therefore, "Fu Tu" can be interpreted as both Buddha and pagoda. Tower is a popular building, but also a memorial, worship buildings. Tower originated in India, India is the birthplace of Buddhism. In India, the original tower was shaped like a tomb. A hemispherical tower was built on a square platform, on which various spires were made. In ancient Indian Sanskrit, such a tower was translated as "futu", which means to bury the Buddha's tomb. After the Buddha bones were incinerated, they became colorful and crystal beads, which were buried in the "futu". The seven story pagoda was called the seven level futu. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the pagoda was spread to China along with Buddhism, and combined with ancient architecture, it integrated the characteristics of buildings, pavilions and pavilions in North and South China, and developed a variety of ancient Chinese pagodas. Saving one life is better than building a seven level pagoda, that is, saving one life is greater than building a seven level pagoda.

Chinese PinYin : jiù rén yī mìng，shèng zào qī jí fú tú