哀莫大於心死

See also: 哀莫大于心死

Chinese

	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	do not; there is none who	to be greater than; to be bigger than	heart; mind	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (哀莫大於心死)	哀	莫	大於	心	死
simp. (哀莫大于心死)	哀	莫	大于	心	死
Literally: “Nothing is more lamentable than a dead heart.”

From Zhuangzi, chapter 21 (Tian Zifang):

夫哀莫大於心死，而人死亦次之。 [MSC, trad.]
夫哀莫大于心死，而人死亦次之。 [MSC, simp.]

Fū āi mò dàyú xīn sǐ, ér rén sǐ yì cì zhī. [Pinyin]

There is no sorrow to be compared with the death of the mind. The death of the body is of but secondary importance.

哀莫大於心死

Despair is the greatest sorrow; Nothing gives greater cause for sorrow than despair; There is no grief so great as despair; There is no poverty like the poverty of spirit.

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