盛者必衰

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Chinese

flourishing; to hold; contain
flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname
 
 ‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
weak; feeble; decline
weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
 
simp. and trad.
(盛者必衰) 		盛 者 必 衰

Etymology

From 仁王經 (Humane King Sutra):

盛者必衰，實者必虛。
盛者必衰，实者必虚。
Shèng zhě bì shuāi, shí zhě bì xū.
Everything prosperous will eventually decline. Everything full will eventually become empty.

Pronunciation

Idiom

盛者必衰

  1. (Buddhism) Everything prosperous will eventually decline.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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
盛者必衰 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
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
盛者必衰 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
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
盛者必衰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Proverb

盛(じょう)者(しゃ)必(ひっ)衰(すい) or 盛(しょう)者(じゃ)必(ひっ)衰(すい) or 盛(しょう)者(しゃ)必(ひっ)衰(すい) • (jōshahissui or shōjahissui or shōshahissui) 

  1. (Buddhism) Everything prosperous will eventually decline.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Chapter 1.1”, in Helen Craig McCullough, transl., 平家物語 :
      祇(ぎ)園(おん)精(しょう)舎(しゃ)の鐘(かね)の声(こえ)、諸(しょ)行(ぎょう)無(む)常(じょう)の響(ひび)き有(あ)り。沙(さ)羅(ら)双(そう)樹(じゅ)の花(はな)の色(いろ)、盛(じょう)者(しゃ)必(ひっ)衰(すい)の理(ことわり)を顕(あらわ)す。驕(おご)れる者(もの)も久(ひさ)しからず、唯(ただ)春(はる)の夜(よる)の夢(ゆめ)の如(ごと)し。猛(たけ)き者(もの)も遂(つい)には滅(ほろ)びぬ、偏(ひとえ)に風(かぜ)の前(まえ)の塵(ちり)に同(おな)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.

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