絕聖棄智
Chinese
- cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no meansholy; sacred; saint; sageabandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
wisdom; knowledge 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.]