📖 Meaning
To thoroughly investigate and synthesize the most profound and subtle principles of things. It describes deep, meticulous scholarship that grasps the intricate essence of a subject, leaving no detail unexamined.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from the 'Book of Later Han' (《后汉书》), in the biography of Jia Kui (贾逵传). Jia Kui was a distinguished Confucian scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynasty. The text praises him for studying diligently from dawn to dusk, immersing himself in the Six Arts (六艺), and exhaustively researching even the most subtle aspects of knowledge. His rigorous approach to scholarship became the model for this phrase.
💡 Example Usage
他一生研机综微，终成一代学术大师。
He spent his life researching the profound and subtle, ultimately becoming a master scholar of his generation.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 研机综微
- Pinyin: yán jī zōng wēi
- Literal Translation: study, mechanism, synthesize, subtle
- Category: Knowledge
- Characters: 4