述而不作shù ér bù zuòpass on the ancient culture without adding anything new to it
? ～，信而好古，竊比于我老彭。(《論語·述而》) A transmitter and not a maker,believing in and loving the ancients,I venture to compare myself with our old Peng. 述而不作shù ér bù zuò述：陳述；作：創(chuàng)作。泛指只闡述前人的成說，自己卻并不創(chuàng)新。pass on the ancient culture without adding anything new to it |