述而不作 [shù ér bú zuò]
1. pass on the ancient culture without adding anything new to it; only elaborate the theories of the predecessors and do not have original ideas of one's own; pass on the ancient culture and not to create阐述前人成说,自己并不创新。语出《论语·述而》:“述而不作,信而好古。”
面对西陵我“述而不作”,力求将这一切化为永恒。
Facing the Western Qing Tombs, I shoot without invention, and try to turn it into eternity.
史官文化对《文心雕龙》的影响主要有史官文化的“圣”的观念;“报本反始”的观念和“述而不作”的观念等层面。
The influence includes three main points:the holy idea; the exploring the origin of the universe and life; the passing on the ancient culture and not creating.
《论剽窃》一书蕴含了逐字逐句的抄袭、述而不作的编辑、创造性的模仿三种;
Through Posner'sthe little book of plagiarism, we can find some kinds of plagiarism plagiarizing word by word, narrating but not-noting the author, creative imitation.
述:阐述前人学说;作:创作。将古人的智慧心得加以陈述并没有加入自己的思想。相信和爱好古时候的东西(信而好古)。指只叙述和阐明前人的学说,自己不创作。