zhāo​wén​xī​sǐ

to die content after hearing the truth

朝闻夕死 朝聞夕死 zhāo​wén​xī​sǐ
to die content after hearing the truth
To be so devoted to the pursuit of truth or one's goals that one is willing to die immediately after attaining them; from a saying by Confucius in the Analects

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