disclaim all achievements one has made

disclaim all achievements one has made

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ō ngch é NGB ù J ū, the original meaning is to let it exist naturally, do not take it for yourself; later describes the establishment of a meritorious service without the credit to their own. From Laozi.

Idiom explanation

Ju: to be, to possess.

The origin of Idioms

The second chapter of Laozi: "born but not have, for but not rely on, success but not live."

Idiom usage

It means not to be proud of one's merits. Example Bai Juyi's the imperial edict of Chongwen in Tang Dynasty: "the power is not violent, the achievement is not successful." Volume 6 of Du Shi Yan Zhi by Wu Mingshi in Qing Dynasty: looking at his first nine poems, he is a man who made great efforts to follow the king, but failed to succeed. "Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Wen Chen has been a marquis ever since. The government and the public congratulated each other, but the Guofan did not succeed, and gruel was like fear. "