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Shangqing is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is sh à ngq í ngxi à D á. It means that the above situation or opinion can be reached in the following. From Guanzi Mingfa.
The origin of Idioms
It corresponds to the lower emotion and the upper emotion. In Guanzi Mingfa, the lower emotion is superior: "if the lower emotion is not superior to the upper one, it is called plug."
Idiom usage
As an object or attributive, it refers to up and down communication
transmit an order from above
willing to die a martyr to one 's just cause - bù wàng gōu hè
resign from office and return to one 's native town - gào lǎo huán jiā
the world is but a little place , after all - tiān yá zhǐ chǐ