lay more stress on the present than on the past(hòu jīn bó gǔ)

lay more stress on the present than on the past

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ò UJ ī Nb ó g ǔ, which means to attach importance to the modern, despise the ancient; mostly used in academic research. It comes from Tongbian, the literary mind and the carving of dragons.

Idiom explanation

Thick: praise, value; thin: despise, neglect.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Liuxie's "the literary mind and the carving of Dragons: Tongbian" in the Southern Dynasty: "in the early Song Dynasty, the errors were new: from the quality and the errors, we can see the difference between the big and the small. What is it? Competing with the present and dispersing the past, the flavor is declining. "

Idiom usage

As subject, predicate and attribute, it is mostly used in academic research. It is the tradition of Chinese historiography that we should pay more attention to the present than to the past. Fan Wenlan's "historical research must be based on the present rather than the past"

Chinese PinYin : hòu jīn bó gǔ