Take life seriously(qīng shēng zhòng yì)

Take life seriously

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngsh ē ngzh ò ngy ì, meaning to despise life and attach importance to just cause, the same as "take life seriously". It comes from the book of Jin, a biography of Zhou.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Jin, a visit to Zhou Dynasty, it is said that "people with lofty ideals and integrity can be described as those who change their ways in the morning and in the evening, take life seriously, and play favoritism to the country."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, object; used of people.

Idiom story

Zhou's visit (260-320) was a famous general of Jin Dynasty. He was born in an'cheng, Runan (now southwest of Runan). Because his ancestors avoided the rebellion in Jiangnan at the end of Han Dynasty, he appeased the governor Hua Yi of Jiangzhou and Du Zeng's rebellion in Jingzhou, and helped to pacify Du Zhen's refugee rebellion. He contributed a lot to the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south. General Annan and the governor of Liangzhou. When Zhou was young, he was calm and resolute, modest and courteous, decisive and generous, so his family had no money left. At that time, he met Tao Kan, who was a casual official of Lujiang County at that time. He became a friend and was recommended by him as the county governor. Later, he married his daughter to Tao Kan's son. In the Later Zhou Dynasty, he visited Xiaolian and was granted the title of Ren Langzhong and Shangjia county magistrate, but they did not take office. In the third year of Taixing (320), Zhou Xun died at the age of 61. At that time, the emperor of Jin Yuan was very sad, and issued an imperial edict to the general of Zhou's visit to the West. His posthumous title was Zhuang. Zhou's visit was a famous general of Jin Dynasty, so there were many stories spread in later generations. There is a story about Zhou's visit before he became an official. Once, a thief in the neighborhood stole Zhou Fang's cow and took it to the cemetery to kill it. When Zhou Xun learned about it, he asked people to bury the cattle secretly. Another time, after the emperor of Jin and Yuan crossed the river, he asked Zhou to lead the Zhendong military. At that time, a man with the same name as Zhou committed a crime and should be punished. The officials who searched for the criminal mistook this week's visit for that week's visit and wanted to arrest him. Zhou Xun beat back dozens of people by himself, which made them run away in a hurry. This shows that his martial arts are extraordinary. This is the origin of the idiom "life is important".

Chinese PinYin : qīng shēng zhòng yì