人生字を識るは憂患の始め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	生	字	識	憂	患	始
じん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	し Grade: 5	ゆう Grade: S	かん Grade: S	はじ Grade: 3
on’yomi		on’yomi	kun’yomi	on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
人生字を識るは憂患の始め

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 人生識字憂患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ), which is a line in Su Shi's (蘇軾) poem 石蒼舒醉墨堂.

Idiom

人(じん)生(せい)字(じ)を識(し)るは憂(ゆう)患(かん)の始(はじ)め • (jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime)

misery of life starts at literacy; ignorance is bliss

See also

識字憂患(しきじゆうかん) (shikiji yūkan)
知(し)らぬが仏(ほとけ) (shiranu ga hotoke)
無知(むち)は至福(しふく)である (muchi wa shifuku dearu)

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