Chinese Idiom: Doing Good Is the Greatest Source of Happiness (為善最樂)

Doing good and helping others, which comes from a selfless heart and kind thoughts toward others, is the happiest thing of all.

Two little girls do their homework together as one helps the other with her lesson. Zhang Bo/Photos.com

The Chinese idiom 為善最樂 (wéi shàn zuì lè) expresses the principle that doing good is the greatest source of happiness.

The idiom originates from the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25–220) during the reign of its second emperor, Han Mingdi (漢明帝), or Emperor Ming (ruled A.D. 57–75).