one 's character is correctly criticized only after his death

one 's character is correctly criticized only after his death

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g à IGU à NL à nd à ng, which means that only when the coffin is covered can we draw a conclusion. After death, we should evaluate the merits and demerits of a person's life. From Tongguan gorge.

The origin of Idioms

The poem "Tongguan gorge" written by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty: "if it's going on, it's not going to happen

Idiom usage

It refers to the evaluation of a person's life after his death. In the past, her little fate had been decided, but today, all this has to be reevaluated. Ru Zhijuan's in the orchard and the biography of Liu Daxia in the history of the Ming Dynasty: "it is decided that one day's life is not dead, that is, one day's worries and responsibilities are not over." Ba Jin's talk on the resting Garden: "it's decided that this person has never done anything beneficial in his life." Ma Nan Tsun's "Yanshan night talk: the death of Lin Baishui": "after all, he was killed to fight against feudal warlords and bureaucrats."