a son 's willingness to carry on his father 's profession

a son 's willingness to carry on his father 's profession

KENTANG Kengou, a Chinese idiom, is k ě NT á NGK ě ng ò u in pinyin, which means that the original meaning is that the son is not willing to build a house even if he refuses to build the foundation. It is used to describe that a son can inherit his father's career. From Shangshu Dagao.

The origin of Idioms

In Shangshu Dagao, it is said that "it is also a term for governing the government to be an office.". The father has already given the Dharma, but the son is not willing to be the foundation of the hall, and is he willing to build the main house? "

Idiom usage

There is a strict monarch in the family and a virtuous son in the family. Kengou KENTANG, Liu Yishi reputation. (the seventh chapter of Zui Xing Shi by Dong Lu Gu kuansheng in Ming Dynasty)