The death of the patriarchal clan

The death of the patriarchal clan

The Chinese idiom, f ù Z ō ngmi è s ì, means to destroy the ancestral temple and sever the descendants. It's from the ode to Yan Qingyi.

Notes on Idioms

Zong: ancestral temple; Si: sacrifice; Mie Si: extinguished incense, extended to the empress.

The origin of Idioms

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Chao's Ode to the Qing Dynasty: "the Jin Dynasty won Lirong and killed Gongzi, but the Xia Dynasty still took it, and the Fu Zong had no sacrifice."

Analysis of Idioms

Fu Zong's death

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to death.