老死牖下
📌 中文释义
1.语本《仪礼·士丧礼》：“死于適室，幠用斂衾。” 郑玄 注：“疾時處北牖下，死而遷之當牖下。”后因以“老死牖下”谓终其天年。《初刻拍案惊奇》卷十一：“假若誤出誤入，那有罪的老死牖下，無罪的却命絶了囹圄刀鋸之間，難道頭頂上這個老翁，是没有眼睛的麽？”《明史·邹维琏传》：“有一人老死牖下，獲保富貴哉？”2.喻碌碌终生。《金瓶梅词话》第四七回：“大丈夫生于天地之間，桑弧蓬矢，不能遨遊天下，觀國之光，徒老死牖下無益矣。”
🌏 English Definition
1. The phrase comes from *Etiquette and Ceremonial: Funeral Rites for a Scholar*: "Death in the room, coffin wrapped in quilt." Zheng Xuan notes: "In illness, place the person under the north window; after death, move them to be under the window." Later, "old age death under the window" was used to mean living out one’s natural life. *The First Series of Astonishing Tales*, Vol. 11: “If by accident one enters or leaves wrongly, why does the guilty die of old age under the window, while the innocent perish amidst prisons and saws? Does the old man above have no eyes?” *History of Ming, Biography of Zou Weilian*: “Someone dies of old age under the window, then gains wealth and status?” 2. Refers to a life of mediocrity. *Golden Lotus Lyrics*, Ch. 47: “A true man, born between heaven and earth, if he cannot roam the world or see the country’s glory, will merely grow old and die under the window with no benefit.”
📜 出处典故
明·凌濛初《初刻拍案惊奇》第11卷：“假若误出误入，那有罪的老死牖下，无罪的却命绝了囹圄刀锯之间，难道头顶上这个老翁，是没有眼睛的么？”
💬 中英例句
《明史·邹维琏传》：“我朝王振、曹吉祥、刘瑾亦尝宠之群臣之上，有一人老死牖下，获保富贵哉？”
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