denounce the present and praise antiquity(shì gǔ fēi jīn)

denounce the present and praise antiquity

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì g ǔ f ē ij ī n, which means to affirm ancient without analysis and deny modern. It comes from the historical records of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Yes: I think it's right; No: I don't think it's right.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty" in historical records: "those who dare to speak poetry and Book abandon the market. The ancient is not the present. Officials see that those who fail to do so are guilty of the same crime. "

Idiom usage

It refers to conservative and retro. Example in the book of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan Ji: "the vulgar Confucianism is not up to the time, good at right and wrong, makes people dazzled by the name and the reality, and does not know what to defend. What is the point of appointment?" The poem "zuiyin" written by Lu You of the Song Dynasty: "those who listen to the allusions are detestable to both the past and the present." Fan Wenlan, Cai Meibiao, et al. In the first section of Chapter 1 of the second part of the general history of China: "the people who gather to talk about the poems and books are decapitated, and the people who are ancient and modern are exterminated."

Chinese PinYin : shì gǔ fēi jīn