To seek survival and harm benevolence(qiú shēng hài rén)

To seek survival and harm benevolence

Seeking survival and harming benevolence, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ú sh à IR é n, which means to hurt benevolence because of seeking to live. From the Analects of Confucius, the Duke of Wei Ling.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius written by Lu kongqiu in the spring and Autumn period, Wei linggong said, "people with lofty ideals and benevolence do not seek survival to harm benevolence, but kill themselves to become benevolence."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. Can't you go or die? Can you be said to be a person who seeks to live or harm benevolence? New history of Tang Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: to survive and harm antonym: to kill and become benevolent

Chinese PinYin : qiú shēng hài rén