Abandon the old and seek the new

Abandon the old and seek the new

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì g ù L ǎ nx ī n, which means to abandon the old and absorb the new. The source is preface to Huang Xianqiao's poems.

The origin of Idioms

In the preface to Huang Xianqiao's poems by Zeng Guofan in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "he can discard the old and seek the new, and promise to enrich the meaning. However, he once did not think of himself, but retreated if he had nothing to do with the ancient."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing