make light of wealth and love to be righteous

make light of wealth and love to be righteous

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī NGC á izh ò ngy ì, which means to despise wealth and value righteousness. It comes from the imperial edict that the descendants of Honggong sun should be the latter.

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

He is very generous. example when he was young, he was a light knight. He broke the public law several times. He was long and modified. He despised money and justice. He had many conflicts. The book of the Northern Qi Dynasty: Gao Qianlu

Idiom story

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Lingtong, the Minister of Wu state, led the army of his father Ling Cao. He was close to the virtuous and took over the scholar, and was light on wealth and righteousness. When drinking with the Governor Chen Qin, Chen Qin is violent and willful. He insults Ling Tong when he is drunk. Ling Tong can't bear to kill him. In a battle, Ling Tong made great contributions, and Sun Quan asked him to atone for his contributions.