📖 Meaning
To keep oneself clean and honest while devotedly serving the public good. It emphasizes personal integrity combined with a steadfast commitment to official duty.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom is synonymous with the more common phrase 洁己奉公. The concept of maintaining personal integrity while serving the state dates back to Confucian political ethics and is frequently advocated in imperial admonitions and official biographies throughout Chinese dynastic history.
💡 Example Usage
他一生洁己从公，深受百姓爱戴。
Throughout his life he kept himself clean and served the public with devotion, earning the deep love of the people.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 洁己从公
- Pinyin: jié jǐ cóng gōng
- Literal Translation: clean, oneself, follow, public
- Category: Morality
- Characters: 4