forsake darkness for light

forsake darkness for light

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B è I à NT ó um í ng, which means to leave the dark and turn to the light. It means to break away from the reactionary camp in politics and turn to progress. From the romance of Fengshen.

The origin of Idioms

The 56th chapter of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin of the Ming Dynasty: "today's generals know how to be obedient and rebellious, abandon the dark and turn to the light. They are all ministers of the same hall. How can they divide each other?"

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] abandon the secret and turn to the light

Idiom usage

In Yuan Dynasty, Shang Zhongxian's Shan Bian duo Shu is a wedge: "it is a common sense in ancient times that a wise official chooses a wise leader to be an official and turns his back to the light." The second fold of Shang Zhongxian's "San duo Shu" in Yuan Dynasty: "Your Majesty wants to go back to the Tang Dynasty secretly that day, but he must be a real pillar."