regard money lightly

regard money lightly

Valuing justice over wealth is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is zh ò ngy ì Q ī NGC á I, which means valuing benevolence over wealth. From "on salt and iron - wrong coin".

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: support justice and dredge wealth

The origin of Idioms

Huan Kuan's "on salt and iron - wrong coin" in Han Dynasty: "in ancient times, virtue was valued but profit was cheap, righteousness was valued but wealth was despised."

Idiom usage

He is a man who values justice over wealth. Shen Shouxian's three Yuan Ji Boshi in Ming Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

Bu Shi was a famous sage in the Western Han Dynasty. He took good care of his younger brother. After the death of his parents, the two brothers separated. Bu Shi gave up all the property in his family to his younger brother. He only needed more than 100 sheep. Later, he bred thousands of sheep. He bought a house and bought land. At this time, the younger brother went bankrupt because of poor management, so Bu Shi shared half of his property with his younger brother. Bu Shi is not only not greedy for property, but also in order to take care of his younger brother, he gave up his property to his younger brother. This behavior moved people at that time. Everyone said that he was a gentleman who valued family affection and did not love money.