things of the present are right and those of the past are wrong
The present is the past, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NSH ì x ī f ē I, which means that the present is right and the past is wrong. It refers to a mistake in understanding the past. The same as "today is right and yesterday is wrong". From Gu Bu Gu Lu.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Shizhen's Gu Bu Gu Lu in the Ming Dynasty said, "if it is not the past, it can't be two or three without Gu."
Idiom usage
As an object, attributive, clause; describes a person who regrets his previous mistakes
Discrimination of words
Synonym: today's right and yesterday's wrong
Chinese PinYin : jīn shì xī fēi
things of the present are right and those of the past are wrong