居无求安 (居無求安) jū wú qiú ān

jū wú qiú ān set phrase with regard to accommondation do not seek the excessive comfort
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: idiom suggesting living modestly in general, from Book 1 學而 Xue Er of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (retranslated from Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, pp. 7-8; Guoyu '居無求安')

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  • Scroll 14 Collection of records concerning the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Chu San Zang Ji Ji) 出三藏記集 — count: 1
  • Scroll 3 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 5 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 1

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  • 游化居无求安 (遊化居無求安) 賢志在遊化居無求安 — Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳, Scroll 2 — count: 3