a clear conscience in the still hours of the night

a clear conscience in the still hours of the night

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī NY ǐ NGW ú C á n, which means to act with light and a clear conscience. It's from new theory: Shendu.

The origin of Idioms

In the new treatise on Shendu written by Liu Zhou of Qi Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "if you are always good at living, you will have no worries inside and no fear outside. You will be worthy of shadow when you are independent, and you will be worthy of bed when you sleep alone."

Idiom usage

The most important thing we rationalists pay attention to is to be careful when we are alone. We should always be able to feel ashamed when we are in bed. The 19th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

A clear conscience