be a dutiful son to one 's parents even in poverty(shū shuǐ chéng huān)

be a dutiful son to one 's parents even in poverty

SHUSHUI chenghuan, a Chinese idiom, is sh ū Shu ǐ ch é nghu ā n in pinyin, which means to support and make parents happy. It comes from the book of rites under the sandalwood bow.

Idiom explanation

SHUSHUI: beans and water, refers to ordinary diet; chenghuan: serve parents to make them happy.

The origin of Idioms

Notes to the book of rites volume 10 Tangong

Zilu said, "it's bad to be poor. Life is nothing to support, death is nothing to be polite. " Confucius said: "sipping water and making the best of it is filial piety. It is called "wealth" because it has the shape of hands and feet and is buried without a coffin. This is called ceremony. " Zheng Xuan of Han Dynasty wrote: "Wang Yun: boiling beans and eating is called sipping Shu." Kong yingdashu in Tang Dynasty: "it is called filial piety to make relatives happy"

Idiom usage

Take care of one's parents.

Examples

Li Shangyin of Tang Dynasty wrote in the collection of Li Yishan's essays, a tribute to Han's elder sister-in-law: "bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow."

Lu You of Song Dynasty wrote the poem "the lake dyke returns at dusk": "the common filial piety family provides the Shu water, the farming industry builds the pond everywhere."

In the story of pipa, Gao Tang calls life, Gao Ming of Ming Dynasty said, "if you enter, you will be filial; if you leave, you will be younger. How can you leave your parents with white hair? It's better to enjoy the water and salt. "

In the book of Qun Yin Lei Xuan, Zhu FA Ji, Fen Shi Ji Gu, it is said that the love of a kind curtain is like throwing a flash, how can it make the water happy

The eighth chapter of the scholars written by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: "in my late life, I only wish my family king would return to the fields early and enjoy the harvest of water. This is the happiest thing in life."

Yu Dafu's poem "a visit to Gaozhuang again, I feel a continuation of it" only worries about my mother's old age, my son's young age, and the compilation of shushuipu is not enough

Chinese PinYin : shū shuǐ chéng huān