Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional virtues - What does it mean to be conservative?

What does it mean to be conservative?

Meaning: stick to outdated ideas or practices, unwilling to change: old ideas. The method is too old.

Adhere to traditional practices

Pinyin: shǒu JIU

Source: "Teahouse" Act III: "Your methods during Guangxu period are too old-fashioned."

Dynasty: modern

Author: Lao She

Extended data:

Old-fashioned synonyms: conservative, outdated, traditional, old-fashioned.

First, conservative.

Maintain the original state and do not seek improvement; Can't keep up with the development of the situation (mostly thinking): conservative thinking. This plan is a bit conservative and needs to be reformulated.

Quote explanation: Guo Moruo's Return of Chicken: "But that cock is a fighting military chicken, guarding the cage like an impregnable bunker."

Second, lag behind the times

Metaphor means that people or things can't keep up with the times: product design is outdated.

Citation explanation: Chapter 18 of Liu Qing's History of Entrepreneurship: "I was able to run behind everyone during the land reform, and now I am behind the times and can't keep up with young party member."

Third, tradition.

Handed down from generation to generation, it has the characteristics of social factors, such as culture, morality, ideology and system. Carry forward the fine tradition of hard work and plain living.

Quote: Chapter 5 of Yang Mo's Song of Youth: "The theme of these works is to oppose traditional morality and advocate female independence."

Fourth, old-fashioned

Stubborn and old-fashioned; Stiff, little change: boring. Old-school temper

Quote explanation: The first paragraph of Yang Shuo's "Three Thousand Jiang Lishan": "Look at his old-fashioned appearance. I have lived with him for half my life and have never heard him say a joke. "