too great pleasure will bring about sadness(lè jí shēng bēi)

too great pleasure will bring about sadness

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is l è J í sh ē NGB ē I, which means that something sad happens when you are extremely happy. It comes from the funny biographies of historical records.

Idiom usage

It means something that makes people sad when they are very happy. Who knows, once he violated the imperial court, he closed the door and waited for exploration, and he didn't know his life or death. Feng Menglong's warning to the world in Ming Dynasty (Volume 17)

The origin of Idioms

The funny biographies in historical records: "if you drink too much, you will be in disorder; if you enjoy too much, you will be sad; if everything is as it is, you can't say too much; if it is too much, it will decline." In Huainanzi, Tao Yingxun: "when things are prosperous, they will decline, and when they are happy, they will be sad."

Idiom story

"Extreme happiness leads to sorrow" is to describe a person who is extremely happy and turns to sorrow. Yueji Shengbei was originally written as "Yueji Zebei", which comes from Shiji. Funny biographies. The following is an allusion to this idiom: during the Warring States period, King Wei of Qi was a king who liked to drink all night. One year, the Chu army attacked the state of Qi, and he quickly sent his trusted envoy Chunyu Kun to the state of Zhao for help. As expected, Chunyu Kun lived up to the great trust of the king of Qi. When he arrived in the state of Zhao, he invited 100000 troops and scared off the Chu army. Of course, king Qi Wei was very happy and immediately arranged a banquet for Chunyu Kun to drink and celebrate. The king of Qi happily asked Chunyu Kun, "Sir, how much wine do you need to drink to get drunk?" When Chunyu Kun saw this posture, he knew that the king of Qi was going to drink all night, so he must get drunk. He thought for a moment and replied, "I'm drunk with a bucket of wine, and I'm drunk with a stone of wine." The king of Qi didn't understand the meaning. Chunyu Kun explained that his drinking capacity would change in different occasions and situations: "so I came to the conclusion that when drinking to the extreme, people would be drunk and disorganized etiquette; if people were happy to the extreme, they might be sad. So, I think everything is the same, beyond a certain limit, it will go to the opposite. " The king of Qi Wei was convinced that he would accept Chunyu Kun's advice and stop drinking all night in the future. In this way, the idiom "happiness brings sorrow" comes from it.

Chinese PinYin : lè jí shēng bēi