慎终追远 ( shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn )

词语解释

  1. 慎终追远 (shènzhōng-zhuīyuǎn)
    1. 终:指父母丧。远:指祖先。谓居父母丧要尽礼节。祭祀要尽虔诚。《论语·学而》:“曾子曰:‘慎终追远,民德归厚矣。’” carefully attend the funeral rites of parents and follow them when gone with due sacrifices
      • 慎终者,丧尽其哀;追远者,祭尽其敬。——何晏集解引 孔安国

國語辭典

慎終追遠 (shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn)
  1. 終,父母之喪。遠,祖先。語出論語.學而:「慎終追遠,民德歸厚矣。」指依禮慎重辦理父母喪事,祭祀要誠心的追念遠祖。唐.張說.唐故夏州都督太原王公神道碑:「皆篤行純孝,慎終追遠。」後亦指慎重從事,追念前賢。或作「謹終追遠」、「追遠慎終」。