regard money lightly

regard money lightly

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q à NGC á IH à oy à, which means to despise wealth and value righteousness. It comes from the imperial edict of emperor Wang and empress yuan of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

He said that money is more important than justice. It refers to belittling wealth and valuing justice.

The origin of Idioms

In the imperial edict of Han and Yuan Dynasties, the empress of Wang and Empress of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial edict of giving the grandson Hongzi the title of the latter, it is said that "the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, who is thrifty and thrifty, pays less attention to wealth and righteousness, is more obvious."

Idiom usage

It turns out that Wang gesu is a man of light wealth and righteousness, and all the people in the Privy Council are friendly with him. Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan in Ming Dynasty Volume 39

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: love money as your life, forget what you mean when you see profit