Recitation and biography(xún sòng xí chuán)

Recitation and biography

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú ns ò NGX í Chu á n, which means used to reading dead books and passing on old news. It comes from the biography of Sima Xiangru in the book of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attribute; it is used as written language example to summarize the deification and advice of ordinary people, compile them into a book, publish and issue them, so that the officers and men in the army can recite the idioms, know what they have chosen, and abide by them.

The origin of Idioms

According to the second biography of Sima Xiangru in the book of Han Dynasty, "if you are a good husband and a good monarch, you should not be appointed to be trivial and dirty, stick to the literature and lead the customs, recite and pass on the classics, and then you can say that you are a good man in the world." Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty wrote in his study of the imperial edict form in the southern suburbs: "in order to restore the old style of Zhou and Tang Dynasties, the generals should always recite and recite, and keep to the rest of Qin and Han Dynasties."

Idiom explanation

It refers to the habit of reading dead books and passing on old news. Refers to recitation.

Chinese PinYin : xún sòng xí chuán