men and women with high ideals

men and women with high ideals

People with lofty ideals, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NR é nzh ì sh ì, originally refers to benevolence and integrity, people who can sacrifice their lives for justice, generally refers to patriotism and contribute to the cause of revolution. From the Analects of Confucius, the Duke of Wei Ling.

Idiom usage

example a large number of people with lofty ideals, full of grief and indignation, all kinds of bitterness, want to do something but can't do it, it's really useless for heroes. (Guo Moruo, spring of Science)

Analysis of Idioms

People with lofty ideals

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Confucius' disciples asked what to do when benevolence, virtue, loyalty and life were in conflict? Confucius said: "the real people with lofty ideals will not damage benevolence and justice because they are greedy for life and afraid of death. In order to achieve benevolence and morality, they can ignore their own lives." When Zi Gong asked how to cultivate benevolence and morality, Confucius answered that he must start from the above and lead the people to follow suit.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, Wei linggong said: "the people with lofty ideals and benevolence do not seek survival to harm humanity, but kill themselves to become humanity."