riches and honour make a person arrogant

riches and honour make a person arrogant

Rich and proud, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ù Gu ì Ji ā or é n, meaning rich and powerful, domineering. It comes from the biography of Lu Sida, a southern historian.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Lu Xi DA in southern history, "although Xi Da is righteous and chivalrous, he is not proud of wealth."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: poor and arrogant

Idiom usage

It means to be rich, powerful and domineering, but not to be rich and arrogant, nor to be separated by courtesy. The second volume of Tang Zhiyan written by Wang Dingbao in Five Dynasties.