Advocate elegance and dethrone the floating(chóng yǎ chù fú)

Advocate elegance and dethrone the floating

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ó ngy ǎ ch ù f ú, which means advocating elegance and uprightness and abandoning flashiness. It comes from the preface to the biography of literature and art in the new book of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The preface to the biography of literature and art in the new book of the Tang Dynasty: "Xuanzong was good at classics, and the officials were a little tired of carving, seeking reason, advocating elegance and dethroning levity

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attribute; used in composition, etc. Ai Shi ignored the taboo of the times, spoke seriously, worshipped elegance and dethroned levity, while those with lofty ideals who had learned from Ai Shi rose one after another. Dai Mingshi, Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : chóng yǎ chù fú