Happy to live in poverty
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l è D à o à NP í n, which means to be in poverty and still have fun keeping the Tao. It comes from the book of Jin, biography of scholars.
Idiom explanation
Tao: faith; music: to keep the Tao for joy; poverty: to be content with poverty.
The origin of Idioms
On the biography of scholars in the book of Jin It is also a noble way for scholars to understand Confucianism
Idiom usage
As predicate, object and attribute, it is the same as "to live in peace and contentment". What is resentment like? Shi Hui in Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : lè dào ān pín
Happy to live in poverty
Strong branches but weak roots. qiáng zhī ruò běn
refuse to admit even unto death. shǐ kǒu dǐ lài