一人ひとり得道とくどう，雞犬升ます天てん

See also: 一人ひとり得道とくどう，鸡犬升ます天てん

Chinese

		a person; one person; someone a person; one person; someone; emperor	to attain the Way; to become enlightened; to attain salvation		fowl; chicken	dog	to ascend into heaven; to go up to the sky; to die to ascend into heaven; to go up to the sky; to die; to pass away
trad. (一人ひとり得道とくどう，雞犬升ます天てん/一人ひとり得道とくどう，鷄にわとり犬けん升ます天てん)		一人ひとり	得道とくどう	，	雞/鷄にわとり	犬いぬ	升ます天てん
simp. (一人ひとり得道とくどう，鸡犬升ます天てん)		一人ひとり	得道とくどう	，	鸡	犬いぬ	升ます天てん
Literally: “When a man attains the Tao, even his pets ascend to heaven.”

Etymology

The idiom derives from an account of Liu An ascending to heaven in Lunheng:

淮南ワイナン王おう學がく道どう，招會天下てんか有ゆう道みち之これ人ひと，傾かたぶけ一いち國くに之これ尊みこと，下した道術どうじゅつ之これ士し，是これ以道術どうじゅつ之これ士し並なみ會かい淮南ワイナン，奇き方かた異い術じゅつ，莫不ふ爭そう出で。王おう遂とげ得道とくどう，舉家升ます天てん，畜產ちくさん皆みな仙せん，犬いぬ吠ほえ於天てん上うえ，雞鳴な於雲くも中なか。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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淮南ワイナン王おう学がく道どう，招会天下てんか有ゆう道みち之これ人ひと，倾一いち国くに之これ尊みこと，下した道みち术之これ士し，是これ以道みち术之これ士し并会かい淮南ワイナン，奇き方かた异术，莫不ふ争そう出で。王おう遂とげ得道とくどう，举家升ます天てん，畜产皆みな仙せん，犬いぬ吠ほえ于天てん上うえ，鸡鸣于云うん中なか。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

Huáinán wáng xuédào, zhāohuì tiānxià yǒu dào zhī rén, qīng yī guó zhī zūn, xià dàoshù zhī shì, shì yǐ dàoshù zhī shì bìng huì Huáinán, qífāng yìshù, mò bù zhēng chū. Wáng suì dédào, jǔjiā shēngtiān, xùchǎn jiē xiān, quǎn fèi yú tiān shàng, jī míng yú yún zhōng. [Pinyin]

The king of Huainan studied Taoism, recruited Taoist people from all over the world, and gained the respect of the country. He also valued Taoist magicians, so the Taoist magicians gathered in Huainan, and developed strange prescriptions and magic, competing for favors. The king then attained enlightenment, his family ascended to heaven, his livestock all became immortals. The dogs barked in the sky, and the roosters crowed in the clouds.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrén dédào, jīquǎn shēngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jan⁴ dak¹ dou⁶, gai¹ hyun² sing¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīrén dédào, jīquǎn shēngtiān [Phonetic: yìrén dédào, jīquǎn shēngtiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yirén dédào, jicyuǎn shengtian
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-jên² tê²-tao⁴, chi¹-chʻüan³ shêng¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: yī-rén dé-dàu-, jī-chywǎn shēng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iren derdaw, jicheuan shengtian
    • Palladius: ижэнь дэдао, цзицюань шэнтянь (ižɛnʹ dɛdao, czicjuanʹ šɛntjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jan⁴ dak¹ dou⁶, gai¹ hyun² sing¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yāt yàhn dāk douh, gāi hyún sīng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jan⁴ dak⁷ dou⁶, gai¹ hyn² sing¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yen⁴ deg¹ dou⁶, gei¹ hün² xing¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ tɐk̚⁵ tou̯²² kɐi̯⁵⁵ hyːn³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Proverb

一人ひとり得道とくどう，雞犬升ます天てん

1. once a person gains power and influence (as an official), everyone associated with them also benefits