a land of propriety and compliance

a land of propriety and compliance

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l à R à NGW é IGU ó, which means to govern the country with the spirit of humility advocated by courtesy. From the Analects of Confucius · Liren.

The origin of Idioms

"Can Li Ren, the Analects of Confucius, give way to the country with rites? Why. We can't regard courtesy as our country. What about courtesy? "

Idiom usage

In China, there was a saying that "propriety gives way to the country". If there is propriety, it will give way, and the more it can give way, the more complicated the propriety will be. Lu Xun's "quasi fengyuetan · Li"

Idiom use case

Li Ren in the Analects of Confucius: Confucius said, "can we give up our country by courtesy? Why? We can't regard courtesy as our country. What about courtesy? " Chapter 25 of Zizhitongjian: Xuancheng's friend's servant Zhang Yishang says: "shengwanggui takes courtesy as his country, and it's better to cultivate Xuancheng. Don't waste his ambition, so that he can be under the gate of Anheng." In Volume 48 of Zizhitongjian, when he was more than ten years old, the Secretary played it again. His servant Jia Kui wrote a book and said, "Confucius said," what can we do if we can give up our country with rites? ". He is not happy to be good, but he follows the normal way and is afraid of not being able to give way to others Chapter 81 of the book of the Han Dynasty: at that time, there were solar eclipses and earthquakes. I asked about the political gains and losses, and Heng Shangshu said: I think it's appropriate to be broad-minded and change its customs. Confucius said, "what can we do if we can give way to our country with rites?" The imperial court is the Zhengan of the world On salt and iron (Volume 8): if the river and the sea flow for a long time, it is also beautiful. If the wormwood is furious and has no future, it can stand up and wait for its death, even in the Warring States period. Zhou Desai was then listed among the vassals, and it has continued to this day. The Qin Dynasty tried its best to destroy its people. How could the people of the Dynasty be satisfied?