功成名遂
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Chinese[edit]
merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment |
finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place |
forthwith | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (功成名遂) | 功 | 成 | 名 | 遂 | |
| simp. #(功成名遂) | 功 | 成 | 名 | 遂 | |
Etymology[edit]
From Mozi:
- 名不徒生而譽不自長，功成名遂，名譽不可虛假，反之身者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
- Míng bù túshēng ér yù bù zìcháng, gōngchéngmíngsuì, míngyù bùkě xūjiǎ, fǎn zhī shēn zhě yě. [Pinyin]
- Reputation does not spring up out of nothing, and praise does not grow by itself. Reputation follows upon accomplishment. Reputation and praise cannot be had by empty pretense, but are the result of his “turning inward to improve himself.”
名不徒生而誉不自长，功成名遂，名誉不可虚假，反之身者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
功成名遂
- merits accomplished and fame obtained
- 功成、名遂、身退，天之道。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gōngchéng, míngsuì, shēntuì, tiān zhī dào. [Pinyin]
- When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw oneself into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
Synonyms[edit]
- 功成名就 (gōngchéngmíngjiù)