📖 Meaning
This idiom describes talented people emerging continuously, generation after generation. It conveys that a society, institution, or era produces a steady stream of capable individuals.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase appears in the 'Xu Zizhi Tongjian' (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance), compiled by the Qing dynasty scholar Bi Yuan. It is recorded in the section on the Yuan dynasty under Emperor Shizu's twenty-eighth year of the Zhiyuan era (1289), where it was said that if someone like Left Minister Xu Heng were to teach the National Academy, talented people would emerge in successive waves. Xu Heng was a prominent Confucian scholar and official who played a key role in establishing Yuan-era education. The idiom thus praises the continuous cultivation and emergence of capable talent.
💡 Example Usage
我们这个时代人才辈出，各行各业都有杰出人物。
In our era, talented people emerge in every generation, with outstanding figures in every field.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 人才辈出
- Pinyin: rén cái bèi chū
- Literal Translation: talent, generation, emerge, emerge
- Category: Success
- Characters: 4