為富不仁
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Etymology
- 陽虎曰：「為富不仁矣，為仁不富矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yáng Hǔ yuē: “Wéi fù bù rén yǐ, wéi rén bù fù yǐ.” [Pinyin]
- Yang Hu said, "He who seeks to be rich will not be benevolent. He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich."
阳虎曰：「为富不仁矣，为仁不富矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wéifùbùrén
- Wade–Giles: wei2-fu4-pu4-jên2
- Yale: wéi-fù-bù-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weifuhburen
- Palladius: вэйфубужэнь (vɛjfubužɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯³⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai4 fu3 bat1 jan4
- Yale: wàih fu bāt yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai4 fu3 bat7 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: wei4 fu3 bed1 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²¹ fuː³³ pɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: hjwe|hjweH pjuwH pjuw|pjuwX|pjut nyin
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷ(r)aj pək-s pə niŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷal pɯɡs pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' njin/
Idiom
為富不仁
- to be rich and cruel; to be rich and heartless
- 他們有點罵人了，罵洋人叫「洋鬼子」，罵軍閥叫「搶錢司令」，罵土豪劣紳叫「為富不仁」。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Tāmen yǒudiǎn màrén le, mà yángrén jiào “yángguǐzi”, mà jūnfá jiào “qiǎngqián sīlìng”, mà tǔháo lièshēn jiào “wéifùbùrén”. [Pinyin]
- They become rather abusive, denouncing the foreigners as “foreign devils”, the warlords as “robber generals” and the local tyrants and evil gentry as “the heartless rich”.
他们有点骂人了，骂洋人叫「洋鬼子」，骂军阀叫「抢钱司令」，骂土豪劣绅叫「为富不仁」。 [MSC, simp.]
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