Passing on from generation to generation means continuing to pass on [1]. It emphasizes that there is an inheritance relationship between certain thoughts, behaviors or theories. When the original inheritance is interrupted or on the verge of disappearing, the original inheritance can be revived or restored by "continuing inheritance". For example, in the process of cultural inheritance, when there is a fault in a certain culture, at this time, by reorganizing and excavating, this culture can be revived.
From generation to generation, it is a metaphor for knowledge and skills [2]. Its focus is to stimulate successors to continue to pass on knowledge and skills through the "burning" of predecessors (referring to their efforts and inputs), so that knowledge and skills can transcend the limitations of time and space, accumulate and develop from generation to generation.
To sum up, inheritance emphasizes the relationship of inheritance, while passing on from generation to generation emphasizes the realization of inheritance from generation to generation through the efforts and investment of predecessors.