zé​shàn'ér​cóng

to choose what is good and follow it

择善而从 擇善而從 zé​shàn'ér​cóng
to choose what is good and follow it
To choose the right course and follow it; to select what is good and adopt it or learn from it. This idiom originates from the "Analects" of 孔子 kǒng​zǐ, which suggests that when walking with others, one should identify their good qualities to follow and their bad qualities to correct in oneself.

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