Passing on the tortoise and attacking the purple
Chuangui Xizi, a Chinese idiom, is Chu á NGU ī x í Z ǐ, which means inheriting Gao Jue's prominent position. It comes from Yin Zhi Zhuan Zan, the book of the later Han Dynasty.
explain
It refers to inheriting Gao Jue's eminence. Han system, Duke and Marquis wear purple ribbon turtle new gold seal.
allusion
[source] biography of Yin knowledge in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "Xun Xun Miao Yin, biography of GUI Xizi." Li Xianzhu: "gonghou purple ribbon gold seal turtle button."
Examples
The husband filial piety, not to ~ also, not to the jade and silk fill for also. Song Lian, Ming Dynasty
Discrimination of words
Degree of common use: secluded emotional color: commendatory words idiom structure: combined generation time: ancient usage: as object and attribute; used to inherit ancestral career as an official synonym: chuanguixi group
Passing on the tortoise and attacking the purple
desire greatly to win the support of the wise - qiú xián rú kě