. Also called "Better to die than to die". 2. It's better to make jade broken than pottery preserved. Metaphor would rather die for justice than die. Source: Biography of Yuan Jing 'an in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "A gentleman would rather die than die." Usage: complex sentence; As predicate, attribute and adverbial; Examples with compliments: Liu Shaotang's Flower Street: "~, shameless living, life is worse than death." Synonym: I would rather die than surrender. Antonym: Suffer the humiliation and steal the famous sayings.

Dian Gu

In 55 AD, Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was forced to give way to Prime Minister Gao Yang and was poisoned. Gao Yang also killed his son and all his relatives to exterminate the grass. Later threatened to kill his distant clan. Yuan Jinghao said, "A gentleman would rather die than die." I'd rather be beheaded than change my surname to Gao, and it's better to be killed by Gao Yang because of Yuan Jing 'an's informer, than to write "The Biography of Yuan Jing 'an in the Northern Qi Dynasty" for Waquan: "Brother Chuyong (father of Yuan Jing 'an) only attacked Jue Chen Liuwang, but only died, and Zi Jing Hao was heir. When Tianbao (Qi Wenxuan proclaimed the year number of Emperor Gaoyang), most of Yuan Di's close relatives were slaughtered, and they were like Jing 'an's disciples. They proposed to invite Gao's surname, and Jing Hao (cousin of Yuan Jing 'an) said,' Do you have to abandon this clan and adopt his surname? A gentleman would rather die than die. " Jing' an took this remark to Bai Xianzu (referring to Gao Yang), but Jing Hao punished him, and his family moved to Pengcheng, so Jing' an gave him the surname Gao. "