盛者必衰
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Chinese[edit]
flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname |
‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth) | certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments | ||
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simp. and trad. (盛者必衰) |
盛 | 者 | 必 | 衰 |
Etymology[edit]
From 仁王經 (Humane King Sutra):
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
盛者必衰
- (Buddhism) Everything prosperous will eventually decline.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |||
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盛 | 者 | 必 | 衰 |
じょう Grade: 6 |
しゃ Grade: 3 |
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4 |
すい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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盛者必衰 (kyūjitai) |
Kanji in this term | |||
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盛 | 者 | 必 | 衰 |
しょう Grade: 6 |
しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3 |
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4 |
すい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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盛者必衰 (kyūjitai) |
Kanji in this term | |||
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盛 | 者 | 必 | 衰 |
しょう Grade: 6 |
しゃ Grade: 3 |
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4 |
すい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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盛者必衰 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proverb[edit]
盛者必衰 or 盛者必衰 or 盛者必衰 • (jōshahissui or shōjahissui or shōshahissui)
- (Buddhism) Everything prosperous will eventually decline.
- (Can we date this quote?), “Chapter 1.1”, in Helen Craig McCullough, transl., 平家物語 [The Tale of the Heike]:
- 祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響き有り。沙羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顕す。驕れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。猛き者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。
- Gionshōsha no kane no koe, shogyō mujō no hibiki ari. Sarasōju no hana no iro, jōshahissui no kotowari o arawasu. Ogoreru mono mo hisashikarazu, tada haru no yoru no yume no gotoshi. Takeki mono mo tsui ni wa horobinu, hitoeni kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji.
- The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.
- 祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響き有り。沙羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顕す。驕れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。猛き者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。
See also[edit]
- 会者定離 (eshajōri)
- 諸行無常 (shogyō mujō)
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