live in great harmony(tiān xià wéi jiā)

live in great harmony

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ti à nxi à w é Iji à, which originally means to pass on the throne to his son and regard the country as a private family. Later, it generally means to have a family everywhere and live in one place. It comes from the book of rites · Liyun written by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The book of rites · Liyun: "today, the road is hidden, and the world is home."

Idioms and allusions

original text

"Today, the road is hidden, and the world is home. We should be close to each other, each son should be close to his own son, and the goods and power should be our own. We should be polite in the world. Chengguogouchi is regarded as solid, etiquette and justice as discipline; Zhengjun and Chen, Dufu and son, amity with brothers, harmony with husband and wife, establishment of system, establishment of farmland, wisdom and bravery, and achievement as self. Therefore, the purpose of planning is to make use of it, and from this comes the army. Yu Tang became king Zhou Gong, so he was elected. Among the Six Gentlemen, there is no one who is not polite. With its righteousness, to test its letter, to write, to punish benevolence, to show people have often. If there are those who don't, those who are in the village will go, and the public will think that they will suffer, which is a well-off society. "

translation

Now the road has disappeared, and the world has become private. People only respect and love their parents, only love their children, and treat finance and contribution for themselves: the princes of the son of heaven regard the transmission of father and son and brother as the ritual system. The moat outside the city serves as a defensive facility. The bold and crafty principle is: the relationship between the emperor and the minister is ritual and righteousness is established, so that the relationship between father and son is pure and thick, and the relationship between brothers is harmonious, and the relationship between husband and wife is harmonious. The registered residence is established by ritual system to establish household registration. Therefore, the heart of treachery came into being, and the war also arose. Xia Yu, Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, King Cheng of Zhou and Duke of Zhou became outstanding figures among the kings of the three dynasties. These six outstanding figures are not taken seriously in terms of etiquette and justice. We should praise them (the people) for doing the right thing with propriety and righteousness, complete their trustworthy things with propriety and righteousness, expose their faults, make benevolence a legal form, and advocate comity. To instruct people to follow fixed norms with propriety and righteousness. If there are people who do not follow the etiquette and righteousness, the incumbent will be dismissed, and the common people regard it as a disaster. This is called xiaoanding

Chinese PinYin : tiān xià wéi jiā