conversant with things present and past

conversant with things present and past

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ō NGJ ī nd á g ǔ, which means to describe knowledgeable, the same as "knowledgeable". From preface.

The origin of Idioms

Hu Yunyu's Preface: "in describing the differences of schools and the gains and losses of politics, there is a talent who can understand the present and the past, but not a magnificent and magnificent pen. There is no writing in words, and the practice is not far away."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.