holding the classics and making inquiries -- inquiries of pupils

holding the classics and making inquiries -- inquiries of pupils

It is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is zh í J ī NGW è NN á n, which means holding scriptures in hand, asking questions, and later referring to students' learning. It comes from the preface to the biography of scholars in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Holding scriptures in hand, questioning. After that, most of them refer to their disciples.

The origin of Idioms

Preface to the biography of scholars in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "when the ceremony is over, the emperor is sitting and talking to himself. The Confucians hold the Scriptures and ask questions. They are crowned with gentry. They go round the bridge and watch the audience. They have hundreds of millions of plans."

Idiom usage

It refers to studying. The fourth volume of Cheng dengji's the forest of children's learning: "the composition says" dye Han, do Gu "; the teacher says ～."