Respect the past and despise the present

Respect the past and despise the present

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ì g ǔ Ji à NJ ī n, which means that we only value the ancient things, but despise the contemporary things. It comes from the preface to the book of prison and all nephews.

explain

Only the ancient things are valued, but the contemporary things are despised.

Idioms and allusions

The idiom comes from Fan Ye's preface to the book on prison and nephews in the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty: "since ancient times, the body has been big and the mind has been refined. If there is no such thing, I'm afraid that the world can't do it. It's more valuable than the past and less valuable than the present, so it's called crazy talk ear."

Discrimination of words

The modern synonym is not the ancient one. It is a commendatory word of emotional color. It is a combination of idiom structure. Idiom usage is used as predicate and attribute. It refers to the attitude towards the ancient and the modern. For example, the biography of Fan Ye in the book of Song Dynasty: "I'm afraid that the world will not be able to do it, so it's called love raving ear." generation time ancient times commonly used degree