Humble and noble

Humble and noble

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Ji à nm à Gu à R, which means to despise what you see in front of you and pay attention to distant rumors. From "compendium of Materia Medica · caosan · snake bed".

The origin of Idioms

Li Shizhen of Ming Dynasty wrote in compendium of Materia Medica · caosan · snake bed: "is it not humble and noble for the world to give up this and seek tonic in the far field?"

Analysis of Idioms

"Seeing is believing" is "seeing is believing"

Idiom usage

It refers to those who believe in hearsay and are contemptuous. It is said that the present is not as good as the past. Preface to Shu Ya by Li Tiaoyuan in Qing Dynasty