Go after the past
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú NLI ú zh ú mॸ, which means to abandon the essence and pursue the end. Metaphor does not focus on the fundamental links, but only on minor issues. From the book of reply to Lu Bogong.
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
The origin of Idioms
In answer to Lu Bogong's book written by Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty, it is said that "because of the lack of self-cultivation and the strong exploration of speech, we must take the disadvantages of pursuing the past and pursuing the end, and push forward the category. All the diseases are not the same, but their source is here."
Go after the past
this matter should not be delayed - shì bù yí chí
publicize the good deeds of good people in the hope that others will emulate them - yáng qīng yì zhuó
the handiwork remains though the maker 's gone - wù zài rén wáng