不念舊惡

Chinese

not; no
to miss; to think of; to read
to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
 
 old grievance or wrong
trad. (不念舊惡) 不 念 舊惡
simp. (不念旧恶) 不 念 旧恶

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 5 (《論語·公冶長》):

子曰：「伯夷、叔齊不念舊惡，怨是用希。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
子曰：「伯夷、叔齐不念旧恶，怨是用希。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐyuē: “Bóyí, Shūqí bù niàn jiù'è, yuàn shì yòng xī.” [Pinyin]
The Master said, "Boyi and Shuqi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."

Pronunciation

Idiom

不念舊惡

  1. to not bear a grudge; to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones
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