practise personally what one preaches

practise personally what one preaches

Practice by doing, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ō NGX í ngsh í Ji à n, meaning personal practice or experience. It comes from the complete works of Qiujian, preface to Mr. Zishan's interpretation of Yi Zhi.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Yun, Yuan Dynasty, wrote in the complete works of Qiujian, preface to Yizhi's interpretation of Mr. Zishan: "those who want to see all kinds of applications do not take the method from the experience of practice, but can't create the mystery."

Idiom usage

As predicate or object; refers to personal practice or experience. Example: in Yu Tang Cong Yu Xing Yi written by Jiao Hong of Ming Dynasty: "practice in earnest, make it local." The imperial edict is to encourage people to practice and not to seek fame. History of the Qing Dynasty