餓莩

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餓莩

1. (archaic) the corpse of someone who has died of starvation

   • 庖有肥肉，廄有肥馬，民有飢色，野有餓莩，此率獸而食人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庖有肥肉，厩有肥马，民有饥色，野有饿莩，此率兽而食人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Páo yǒu féi ròu, jiù yǒu féi mǎ, mín yǒu jī sè, yě yǒu èpiǎo, cǐ shuài shòu ér shí rén yě. [Pinyin]

     In your kitchen there is fat meat; in your stables there are fat horses. But your people have the look of hunger, and on the wilds there are those who have died of famine. This is leading on beasts to devour men.