结庐在人境

結廬在人境
jié lú zài rén jìng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 to build a hut amid the world of men
  2. 2 (of a recluse) to live simply right in the midst of human society
  3. 3 to weave a hut within the human realm

Examples

HSK 4
Tā xiàng Táo Yuānmíng yīyàng jiélúzàirénjìng, nào zhōng qǔ jìng.
Like Tao Yuanming, he 'builds his hut amid the world,' finding quiet in the thick of things.
HSK 7-9
Jiélúzàirénjìng, érwúchēmǎxuān, shuō de shì xīnyuǎndìzìpiān.
'Hut built in the human realm, yet no clatter of carts and horses' - the point is that when the mind is distant, the place becomes remote on its own.

Tips

history
The opening of 《饮酒·其五》 by 陶渊明 (Eastern Jin): 结庐在人境而无车马喧. The poem continues 采菊东篱下悠然见南山 (Picking chrysanthemums by the east hedge, at ease I see the southern mountain). One of the most beloved poems in the Chinese canon, and that closing couplet is arguably the single most quoted lines of pastoral poetry.
usage
Paired with 而无车马喧 as a set couplet. 人境 = 'the world of humans, populated places,' contrasted with the reclusive mountain or forest.

Stroke Order

jié
zài
rén
jìng