restrain vicious and foster sincere habits

restrain vicious and foster sincere habits

Xianxie Cuncheng is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Xi á nxi é C ú NCH é ng, which means to restrain evil ideas and keep honest. It comes from Qian in the book of changes.

Idiom explanation

Leisure: guard against, forbid.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of changes, Qian and classical Chinese, it is said that "sincerity exists in leisure." Kong yingdashu: "if the idle evil keeps its honesty, it should keep its honesty to prevent the idle evil."

Idiom usage

It means to restrain evil ideas and keep honest. To be honest in spite of evil is to be afraid of something. Old book of the Tang Dynasty biography of Lu Zhi