Shāshēn chéngrén, shěshēng qǔyì, shì gǔdài zhìshì de zhuīqiú.
To sacrifice one's life for righteousness was the aspiration of ancient men of principle.
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成仁 comes from the Confucian Analects: 杀身成仁 — 'kill the body to achieve benevolence/ren'. 仁 (rén) is the highest Confucian virtue: benevolence or humaneness. The phrase means death in service of the highest moral principle.
