downhearted(xīn ruò sǐ huī)

downhearted

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NRU ò s ǐ Hu ī, which means to describe a state of mind that is not moved by external objects. It is often used to describe frustration. One heart is like ashes.

essential information

Words: heart like death

Pinyin: X ī nruॸs ǐ Hu ī

Explanation: Dead ash, cooled ash. Describes a state of mind that is not moved by external objects. It is often used to describe frustration.

Detailed explanation

origin

The inner part of Zhuangzi

South Guo Zi Qi hidden machine and sit, look up and Shh, answer Yan like lost its coupling. Yan Chengzi stood before him and said, "where do you live? Is it possible for a firm heart to make a dead wood? Today's hidden opportunities are not those of the past. Guo Xiang of Jin Dynasty noted: "the dead and haggard wood has a lonely and heartless ear. If you let nature take its course and forget right and wrong, you can only be naive in your body. Why do you have it all! So stop if standing dead wood, move if carrying haggard branches, sit if dead ash, walk if you swim dust. I can't do one thing to move and stop; I can't do two things to be complacent. 」

"Huainanzi · spiritual training" says: "if you are, you will be upright and courageous. You will lose your ears and eyes. You will be able to connect your mind with the inner world. You will live in a place where you don't know what to do. You will walk in a place where you don't know what to do. You will come in a way that looks like a withered tree and your heart is like ashes."

interpretation

"A haggard shape, a dead heart." Dead ash, cooled ash. Describes a state of mind that is not moved by external objects. Also known as "heart like cold ash", "heart like death ash".

The heart is grey, the heart is grey, the heart is grey, the heart is grey

Application examples

According to the biography of Lu sidaozhuan in the book of Sui Dynasty, "if you are dead hearted, don't be snobbish; if you have no family, don't spend money."

Jin Mayu's poem "a gift to Mr. He Er of Song Dynasty from man Tingfang" said: "if you are dead hearted, you will have an air of harmony."

Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Shangdu situ Qi" that "he is frustrated and ill, and can't wait for the new year. His heart is as cold as ashes, and his head has white hair."

Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty wrote in praise of Wu Wei for Yixing he Shu: "those who learn from Huang's old man regard it as Wu Wei that their heart is as dead as ashes and their shape is as withered as a tree, but the old man thinks it is not."

Chapter 38 of Jing Hua Yuan: "if you make up your mind, where can't you go? Why do you think you are attached to your dragon beard?"

Ba Jin's home 20: "of course, the scenery in front of us is the same as in the old days. It's just that the grass, the tree, the mountain and the water do not evoke a painful memory? I can't easily forget the past, even if my heart is dead. "

Chinese PinYin : xīn ruò sǐ huī