Seeking the source along the stream

Seeking the source along the stream

Seeking the source along the current, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NLI ú t ǎ oyu á n, meaning to follow the current to find the source; the original figurative composition from the secondary to the main, and finally point out the theme; after the figurative to explore the background of things. From Yuan Qiang.

Idiom size

In Lu Ji's Wen Fu of Jin Dynasty, "either the branches vibrate the leaves, or the waves lead to the origin."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: tracing the source along the current and seeking the source along the waves

Idiom usage

It refers to the pursuit of the origin of things, the example of encouraging people to govern the masses, which means that the world seeks the source along with the current and holds the responsibility for the results, but the group is the most difficult thing, which is not the income of the plain speaker. Yanfu's yuanqiang