not to pocket the money one has picked up(shí jīn bù mèi)

not to pocket the money one has picked up

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh í J ī Nb ù m è I, which means to collect something without concealing it and take it as one's own. It refers to a good person's morality and social fashion. It comes from the guest window gossip, the righteous beggar and the lamp on the wrong road.

Analysis of Idioms

Be insatiable of money

The origin of Idioms

In Wu chichang's guest window gossip, a righteous beggar in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "he called Li Chang to plan for his residence in a market store, buy goods and set up a business. He also said that he would" pick up the money. " Chapter 188 of "Qiludeng" in the Qing Dynasty: "pulling down the family's status shows that they have not lost money."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive with commendatory meaning. Every one of us should develop the good character of collecting money from childhood.

Idioms and allusions

He Yue, a scholar, is called Wei Zhai. I found more than two hundred taels of silver at night. I dare not talk to my family, for fear of persuading them to keep money. The next morning, when I took it to the bank, I saw a man find it. I asked him how much silver he had and how much he had received. So I returned it. When he wanted to give thanks for the money, Wei Zhai said, "if you pick up the money and people don't know it, it's all my things. How can I benefit from the money?" Thank you. He also taught at the eunuch's home. When the eunuch came to Beijing, he sent a box to Wei Zhai. There were hundreds of gold in it. He said, "I'll get it when he comes." In the past few years, there was no news. I heard that his nephew had come to the south for his business, so he had to take the box. I'll send it to you. I am afraid that I am a poor scholar, and I can still be encouraged to return the money for a while. I have not been moved to send the money for several years, so I am far away from it. He Yue, a scholar named Wei Zhai, once picked up more than 200 liang of silver when he was walking at night, but he did not dare to talk about it with his family for fear that they would persuade him to keep the money. The next morning, he came to the place where he found the money with the silver. When he saw a man looking for it, he went up to him and asked him that the number of answers and sealed marks were consistent with what he found, so he gave the money back to him. The man wanted to take part of the money as a reward. He Yue said, "if you find the money and no one knows it, it's all my things. (I don't even want these). How can you be greedy for the money?" The man left with thanks. He once taught in the official's family. The official had something to do with going to the capital. He left a box with hundreds of taels of gold in it. He said, "I'll come back and get it later." For many years, there was no news. I heard that the official's nephew went south for his business, but he didn't take the box. (he Yue) can entrust the official's nephew to take the box back to the official. He Yue, a scholar, is just a poor scholar. When he finds the money and returns it, he can encourage himself not to be greedy in a short period of time. However, he has not been moved by the money for several years, which shows that he is far more than ordinary people. significance: it has always been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation to pick up money without loss. This paper narrates the story of he Yue, a poor scholar, who returned gold twice. It shows he Yue's noble character and is still of educational significance.

Chinese PinYin : shí jīn bù mèi