人亡政息

Chinese

man; person; people to die; to perish political; politics; government
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (人亡政息) 人 亡 政 息
simp. #(人亡政息) 人 亡 政 息

Etymology

From the Book of Rites:

文、武之政,布在方策。其人存,則其政舉;其人亡,則其政息。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
文、武之政,布在方策。其人存,则其政举;其人亡,则其政息。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
Wén, Wǔ zhī zhèng, bù zài fāngcè. Qí rén cún, zé qí zhèng jǔ; qí rén wáng, zé qí zhèng xī. [Pinyin]
The government of Wen and Wu is displayed in the records - the tablets of wood and bamboo. Let there be the men and the government will flourish; but without the men, their government decays and ceases.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rénwángzhèngxī, rénwángzhèngxí
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧˊ

Idiom

人亡政息

  1. a person in power dies or leaves office and his or her policies are abandoned
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