朝に道を聞かば夕べに死すとも可なり

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese: 朝聞道、夕死可矣

Proverb

朝に道を聞かば夕べに死すとも可なり (hiragana あしたにみちをきかばゆうべにしすともかなり, romaji ashita ni michi o kikaba yūbe ni shisu tomo ka nari)

1. One has not lived in vain if he dies after he is told of the true path.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.