Tā de zuòpǐn jiàng zài wénxué shǐ shàng yǒngchuíbùxiǔ.
His works will be immortal in the history of literature.
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history
Found in 《魏书·高祖纪》 (Northern Wei): though something may "not suffice to regulate all measures and be eternally unperishing", it can still serve the present. The idiom took on monumental, commemorative weight in later usage.
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Formal and often commemorative — carved on monuments, spoken at memorials, written in eulogies. Not for everyday praise.
