a poor but honest person(qīng fēng liǎng xiù)

a poor but honest person

Qingfeng liangxiu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī NGF ē ngli ǎ ngxi ù, which means there is nothing but Qingfeng in the sleeves. It comes from the second rhyme of Wujiang daozhong written by Chen Ji of Yuan Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

During the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian received a good education from childhood. He admired Su Wu, Zhuge Liang, Wen Tianxiang and so on. He was an official in Xuanzong, Yingzong and Daizong of the Ming Dynasty. He was very incorruptible and never solicited power, bribed or paid tribute to the powerful. The poem "entering Beijing" shows that "silk handkerchief mushroom and Xianxiang are the disaster of the capital for the people. The wind is clear and the sleeves are facing the sky, so as not to make Lu Yan's words short and long.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Chenji's poem "the second rhyme of Wujiang daozhong" says: "the wind is blowing on both sleeves, and the body wants to float, and the staff and Chenji walk along the long bridge with the moon.

Idiom usage

To be honest and clean is to be honest and clean

Examples

Silk, hemp, mushroom and thread incense, the capital of civil instead of disaster; to the sky, lest Lu Yan short. (Volume I of Duke Tan usurped by Du Mu in Ming Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : qīng fēng liǎng xiù