believing in and admiring the ancients

believing in and admiring the ancients

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ì n é RH à og ǔ, which means to believe and love ancient historical knowledge. From the Analects of Confucius.

Idiom explanation

Letter: believe; good: love. Believe and love ancient things.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, it is said that "speaking without writing, believing and cherishing the past."

Idiom usage

In this way, our attitude of believing in the past takes on a new meaning. (Qian Zhongshu's writing on the edge of life: reading Aesop's Fables)

Idioms and allusions

Confucius said: "to tell without writing (1), to believe in the past, to steal (2) is better than Lao Peng (3)" Selected from the Analects of Confucius, Chapter 7, Shuer Pian, notes (1) statement without writing: statement, transmission. Make, create. (2) theft: private, private, private. (3) Lao Peng: People's names, but there are different opinions about who they mean. Some said that he was a "virtuous doctor" who was "good at telling ancient things" in the Yin and Shang Dynasties; some said that he was Laozi and Pengzu; some said that he was Pengzu in the Yin and Shang Dynasties.