泥古 obstinately follow tradition
bigotedly stick to old conventions
- 他们尚古但不泥古,强调在传统的基础上出以自己的面目,这是其二。
Secondly, they respected classics but not were constrained by them, and emphasized their own characteristics based on tradition. - 在文化问题上,钱玄同保存国粹的思想进一步系统化,提出了“师古、存古、复古但不泥古”的主张。
When it comes to the culture, he put forward the thought of " model the ancients, preserve the ancient, return to the ancients and not to rigidly adhere to the ancients". - 从陈寅恪对新文化运动的态度入手,分析其既不守旧泥古、抱残守缺,也不全面照抄西方、失去自我本色的第三种文化视角。
Starting with Chen Yinque's attitude towards new cultural reform, the third angle of view is analyzed, which is neither fogyish, conservative nor demented, copying the western way.