a man of good deeds leaves his name behind him ❍ 彦章武人，不知书，常为俚语谓人曰： “豹死留皮，～。” (《新五代史·王彦章传》)Yanzhang was a military man and had little book knowledge. He often said to people in the vernacular:“When a leopard dies,it leaves a skin;when a man dies,he leaves a name.”
人死留名rén sǐ liú mínɡ
比喻人死后留个好名声。A man leaves a name behind him. When a person dies, he leaves a name