结庐在人境

結廬在人境

jié lú zài rén jìng

quotation

Meanings

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

Characters

realm (人境 = world of men)

Examples

HSK 5

他像陶渊明一样结庐在人境，闹中取静。

Tā xiàng Táo Yuānmíng yíyàng 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

结庐在人境，而无车马喧，说的是心远地自偏。

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

结 jié

庐 lú

在 zài

人 rén

境 jìng