頌古非今

Chinese

		to praise	ancient; old	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (頌古非今)		頌	古	非	今
simp. (颂古非今)		颂	古	非	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sònggǔfēijīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶ gu² fei¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sònggǔfēijīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sònggǔfeijin
    • Wade–Giles: sung⁴-ku³-fei¹-chin¹
    • Yale: sùng-gǔ-fēi-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqguufeijin
    • Palladius: сунгуфэйцзинь (sungufɛjczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶ gu² fei¹ gam¹
    • Yale: juhng gú fēi gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶ gu² fei¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶ gu² féi¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²² kuː³⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

頌古非今

1. to eulogize the past and belittle the present

   • 但是這種尊重，是給歷史以一定的科學的地位，是尊重歷史的辯證法的發展，而不是頌古非今，不是讚揚任何封建的毒素。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是这种尊重，是给历史以一定的科学的地位，是尊重历史的辩证法的发展，而不是颂古非今，不是赞扬任何封建的毒素。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dànshì zhè zhǒng zūnzhòng, shì gěi lìshǐ yǐ yīdìng de kēxué de dìwèi, shì zūnzhòng lìshǐ de biànzhèngfǎ de fāzhǎn, ér bùshì sònggǔfēijīn, bùshì zànyáng rènhé fēngjiàn de dúsù. [Pinyin]

     However, respect for history means giving it its proper place as a science, respecting its dialectical development, and not eulogizing the past at the expense of the present or praising every drop of feudal poison.