heed previous examples

heed previous examples

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á NCH ē K ě Ji à n, which means to use the failure of predecessors as a lesson. It comes from the biography of Liu Yunke in the draft of Qing history

Notes on Idioms

Jian: it is a lesson.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Liu Yunke, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "when foreigners were in Guangdong, they used to caress and give money to them. After that, they made constant disturbances and became repeated, which can be used for reference."

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attributive, clause; used of people. Sometimes the syntax is also affected, and we can learn from it. Lu Xun's preface to the fifth translation of Er Xin Ji. Xu Gong put more emphasis on his voice. He continued: "Wu Sangui's past can be learned. (novel of the Republic of China · three heroes of the Qing Dynasty (middle)) / / the two provinces of Shandong are fighting for roads, and there are still many fights. This is a lesson to be learned. The two ministers worried day and night, so they agreed to enter the court today and tell the story clearly. When the two adults learned about it, they were ordered to seize it. When Chen and Liu heard the music, they nodded their heads. (Qing Dynasty · novel · Qianlong's tour to the South (Part 2)) / / otherwise, it's better to store grain separately in case of no food in the besieged city. When the former king besieged the city walls of Changsha, the residents used rotten grass as food. We can learn from what we have learned. We have to plan for ourselves. Don't say that we should not predict. There is no mistake. (novel of the Republic of China · three great heroes of the Qing Dynasty (middle)) / / such as Xia's sister Xi, Shang's Daji, Zhou's Bao Si, and Wu's Yi Guang, we can all learn from them. (Qing Dynasty · novel · seven swords and thirteen chivalrous swordsmen (Part 1))]. One can't help but worry about this. When foreigners were in Guangdong, they used to caress them and give them money. After that, they kept on making trouble. They had a long history. In other words, it is said that Ma and Guo were not well managed and withdrew from their own country. It is necessary to consider both. (twenty five histories, draft of Qing Dynasty History) the lessons of Zhai Yi of Han Dynasty and Xu Jingye of Tang Dynasty can be learned. Are you willing to follow their mistakes? " The generals said in unison, "what Duke Lu said is true. (novels of the Republic of China, erotic history of the court of the eighteen dynasties of the Song Dynasty). Mu's repeated success can be learned from his previous experience. When he came back, he counted the sins of his repeated treason, and it was OK to hold and kill him. It's Fu Yanna's conferment of officials, which is almost the trouble of raising tigers. (14 Qing Dynasty · novel · Xixia Book affair) when the foreigner was in Guangdong, he used to caress him and give him silver, but he still made trouble. Repetition is a lesson to be learned. After this agreement, or also known as the Lord of the state, the officials, horses, Guo, etc. were not well managed and withdrew to their own country, which was not easy to deal with. (the Republic of China · novels · secret history of Qing Dynasty)

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Yi, a native of Luoyang, had a good reputation as a gifted child since childhood. Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty heard that he was very talented and learned, so he asked him to come to Beijing as a doctor and asked him his views on governing the country. Jia Yi advocated taking the fall of the Qin Dynasty as a mirror, always reminding himself to implement benevolent government, let the people recuperate, and attach importance to agricultural production in order to make the country strong.