三不朽

1. • the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德 lìdé, one's service 立功 lìgōng and one's writings 立言 lìyán (from the Zuo Zhuan 左传 zuǒzhuàn)

Character by character

• 三(sān)three
• 不(bù)no
• 朽(xiǔ)rotten