逋逃藪

Chinese

to flee; to abscond; fugitive marsh; place of concourse
trad. (逋逃藪) 逋逃
simp. (逋逃薮) 逋逃

Etymology

From the Book of Documents.

無道暴殄天物害虐烝民天下逋逃 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
无道暴殄天物害虐烝民天下逋逃 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Jīn Shāng wáng Shòu wúdào, bàotiǎn tiānwù, hàinüè zhēngmín, wéi tiānxià būtáo zhǔ, cuì yuānsǒu. [Pinyin]
Shou, the present king of Shang, is without principle, cruel and destructive to the creatures of Heaven, injurious and tyrannical to the multitudes of the people, lord of all the vagabonds under heaven, who collect about him as fish in the deep, and beasts in the prairie.

Pronunciation


Noun

逋逃藪

  1. (literary) refuge for fugitives
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