stepping-stone

stepping-stone

Step up, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NSH ē nzh ī Ji ē, meaning to make the body can rise the ladder. It used to refer to the way of promotion. It comes from the complete works of Purple Mountain on rites.

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of rites in the grand collection of Purple Mountain written by Hu Zhifu in Yuan Dynasty, "I have not noticed that since I ascended the throne, what I have heard has no great interest. It is enough to think that those who have spoken will step into the stage, and that they will not treat the minister as a minister, and that they will not be able to distinguish the superior from the inferior."

Idiom usage

Shi Yukun in Qing Dynasty Chapter 13: he wanted to go to Beijing to find an advanced position, but on the way he met Marquis Anle, who went to Chenzhou to give relief. Chapter 87 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "if there is any progress in this trip, I will recommend my brother."