Gentle, courteous and thrifty(wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng)

Gentle, courteous and thrifty

Gentle, courteous, thrifty and yielding, pronounced w ē NLI á NGG ō ngji ǎ NR à ng, originally means the five virtues of gentleness, kindness, respect, thrift and forbearance. This is the Confucian Principle of dealing with people. Now it is also described as a mild attitude and lack of struggle.

From the Analects of Confucius, Xue Er: "the master is gentle, courteous and thrifty, so that he can get it."

The origin of Idioms

in the Analects of Confucius (Confucius) of the spring and Autumn period, Lu kongqiu said: "the master is gentle, courteous and thrifty. The master's demand is different from that of others

Idiom usage

The five virtues are the brilliance of the holy virtue, which are the predicate, attributive and object, the mild attitude of the adjective and the combination. ---The second chapter of three shifts of Meng mu by Wu Mingshi in Ming Dynasty

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Zi Qin asked Confucius student Zi Gong why Confucius could hear the political affairs of every country he went to. Zi Gong replied that he was gentle, kind, respectful, frugal and modest. When he treated others with such an attitude, they would naturally tell him about the political affairs. This is his unique moral character and the reason why he heard the political affairs differently from others. Wen, hehou. Good, easy and straight. Gong, Zhuang Jing. Frugality, temperance. Let's be modest. Five, the teacher's great virtue and brilliance are connected with others.

Chinese PinYin : wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng