積善之家,必有餘慶
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Chinese[edit]
to do good deeds | 's; him/her/it; this | home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
good fortune bequeathed to descendants | |||
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trad. (積善之家,必有餘慶) | 積善 | 之 | 家 | , | 必 | 有 | 餘慶 | |
simp. (积善之家,必有余庆) | 积善 | 之 | 家 | , | 必 | 有 | 余庆 |
Etymology[edit]
From I Ching:
- 積善之家,必有餘慶;積不善之家,必有餘殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng; jī bùshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúyāng. [Pinyin]
- The family that accumulates goodness is sure to have superabundant happiness, and the family that accumulates evil is sure to have superabundant misery.
积善之家,必有余庆;积不善之家,必有余殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proverb[edit]
積善之家,必有餘慶