Honor the past and abuse the present

The past and the present

The synonym "Rong Gu Sao Jin" generally refers to "Rong Gu Bu Jin". Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ó NGG ǔ L ò UJ ī n, which means to praise the ancient and criticize the present. It comes from Liu Zongyuan's treatise on documents with friends in Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Liu Zongyuan's treatise on documents with friends in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that "those who are prosperous in the past and abuse in the present, most of them don't meet each other when they are alive, and those who are dead and drooping their voices are numerous." One book is "the past but the present".

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used as an attitude toward the past and the present

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: honor the past and abuse the present