絕聖棄智
Chinese
cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means |
holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage |
abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away |
wisdom; knowledge | ||
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trad. (絕聖棄智) | 絕 | 聖 | 棄 | 智 | |
simp. (绝圣弃智) | 绝 | 圣 | 弃 | 智 |
Pronunciation
Idiom
絕聖棄智
- forsake the sages and abandon knowledge
- 絕聖棄智,民利百倍 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- juéshèngqìzhì, mín lì bǎibèi [Pinyin]
- If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.
绝圣弃智,民利百倍 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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