glorify and illuminate the ancestors
Xianzu Yangzong is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Xi ǎ NZ ǔ y á ngz ō ng, which means to make the ancestor's reputation famous. It comes from Wei Zheng Gai Zhao.
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Ming Dynasty's Wu Mingshi's Wei Zheng Gai Zhao: "to win a high official salary, we should respect and be loyal to things, and we should stand up and do our way, and show our ancestors."
Idiom usage
Used as predicate, attribute, object, etc
Examples
The 19th volume of Xingshi Hengyan written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "why don't you run away and return, and show your ancestors."
glorify and illuminate the ancestors
not swayed by personal considerations - bù xún sī qíng
have too little wisdom to undertake great things - zhì xiǎo móu dà