Do according to one's ability

Do according to one's ability

Li à NGL à Du ó D é is a Chinese idiom, which means to measure whether one's own virtue can convince others. It comes from Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Zhuan · the eleventh year of Yin Gong".

Analysis of Idioms

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The origin of Idioms

Zuo Qiuming's the eleventh year of Zuo Zhuan's seclusion in the pre Qin period: "to be virtuous, to do according to one's ability."

Idiom usage

The meaning of the spring and Autumn Annals is to measure one's ability and virtue. Fan Ye's biography of Cui Shi