follow the beaten track

follow the beaten track

It is a Chinese idiom with a pronunciation of n ì g ǔ B ù Hu à. It refers to a metaphor that sticks to the ancient rules or the ancients' statements but does not know how to adapt. It comes from the biography of Liu Ji in the history of Song Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] eat the old, stick to the old and bring forth the new

Idiom usage

Therefore, he has a deep research on modern military affairs, which is not comparable to those who only show off the art of war of Sun Tzu and the art of war. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 48

The origin of Idioms

Liu Jizhuan in the history of the Song Dynasty: "the Confucianists are in the age of nihu, and they know nothing about the use of clarity and turbidity."