述而不作shù ér bù zuòpass on the ancient culture without adding anything new to it
❍ ～，信而好古，窃比于我老彭。(《论语·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：陈述；作：创作。泛指只阐述前人的成说，自己却并不创新。pass on the ancient culture without adding anything new to it |