陋室铭 / 陋室銘

lòu​shì​míng

Loushiming

Epigraph on a Humble Abode; a famous short essay by the Tang Dynasty poet [[刘禹锡|劉禹錫|liu2 yu3 xi1]] expressing that a house's value comes from the character of its inhabitant rather than its luxury.

陋室 (literal) → 陋室 · lòu​shì · humble abode 铭 (literal) → 铭/銘 · míng · epigraph

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM