Cízhí yǐhòu, tā xiào shuō zìjǐ zǒngsuàn tǐhuì dào wú guān yī shēn qīng de zīwèi.
After resigning, he laughed and said he had finally tasted the relief of being free from office.
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history
Line from Su Shi's (苏轼, Northern Song) 《贺子由生第四孙斗老》: 无官一身轻，有子万事足 — 'without office, the whole body is light; with a son, ten thousand affairs are enough.' Written after one of Su Shi's demotions; the first half passed into general idiom.
usage
Often cited alongside its twin 有子万事足 ('with a son, all is well'). The modern, secular reading is simply the relief of stepping away from office, authority, or heavy responsibility.
