Definition

1. Noun (archaic):
   • Rise and fall: The cyclical process of a dynasty, nation, or powerful entity flourishing (hưng) and then declining into ruin (phế).
   • Prosperity and decay: Refers to the grand historical patterns of growth, success, and subsequent collapse or obsolescence.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lịch sử các triều đại thường ghi lại những câu chuyện về hưng phế. (The history of dynasties often records stories of rise and fall.)
  • Nhà sử học nghiên cứu quy luật hưng phế của các đế chế. (The historian studies the law of prosperity and decay of empires.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical, literary, or philosophical discourse to contemplate the transient nature of power and civilization. It carries a formal and reflective tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Hưng vong (n): A synonym with identical meaning (rise and perish/fall), also archaic.
  • Vận mệnh hưng vong của quốc gia nằm trong tay người dân. (The nation's fate of rise and fall lies in the hands of its people.)
• Thịnh suy (n): Prosperity and decline; a more common modern equivalent.
  • Quy luật thịnh suy là không thể tránh khỏi. (The cycle of prosperity and decline is inevitable.)

Synonyms

• Rise and fall
• Prosperity and decay
• Ascendancy and decline

Related Concepts

• Bĩ cực thái lai: After extreme adversity comes prosperity; a related philosophical concept about cyclical change.
  • Tư tưởng "bĩ cực thái lai" gắn liền với quy luật hưng phế. (The idea "after rain comes sunshine" is connected to the law of rise and fall.)

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) như hưng vong