liable to lay oneself open to suspicion(guā tián lǐ xià)

liable to lay oneself open to suspicion

Guatian Lixia, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced as Gu à Ti á NL à Xi à, which is used to refer to occasions that are easy to cause suspicion. It comes from the ancient Yuefu "gentleman's way".

The origin of Idioms

The ancient Yuefu "gentleman line" said: "the gentleman guard against the unexpected, not suspected, melon field does not accept shoes, Li Xia does not crown."

Idiom usage

However, it is difficult to distinguish the suspect. In case the arrested person is afraid of the law, he is also afraid that he will not be able to distinguish between the jade and the stone. The fifty first chapter of the lamp on the wrong road by Li Lvyuan in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Yuan Yuxiu was born in Linzhang of Northern Qi Dynasty (now Linzhang of Hebei Province) during the northern and Southern Dynasties. He is young and mature, quiet and knowledgeable. It is said that when he was nine years old, he became governor of the state. When he was eighteen, he became governor of the state and Minister of the state. Later, he was promoted to governor of Boling. His achievements were outstanding and he had a great reputation. The main reason for his outstanding achievements and high reputation is that he was able to be an honest official and never accepted any bribes. It is said that in more than ten years of Shangshu, he had never received a liter of wine from any other people. Therefore, many scholars in his official land set up steles for him and gave him a nickname: "Qinglang". Of course, there are times when Qinglang is in trouble. On one occasion, Yuan Yuxiu went to other places to investigate the landlord officials, passing through Yanzhou. The governor of Yanzhou is his old friend Xing Shao. After they narrated their parting, Xing Shao took out a piece of white silk and wanted to send it to Yuan Yuxiu as a souvenir. This is a dilemma for yuan Yuxiu. If you don't accept it, you're afraid of offending your old friends; if you accept it, you're afraid of leaving unnecessary suspicion. But after thinking about it again and again, Yuan Yuxiu declined and left a Book saying, "this time I passed here, it's different from usual! The ancients were very cautious. We can not forget the ancients said that walking in the melon field, don't bend over to carry shoes, walking under the plum tree, don't stretch out your hand to straighten the hat. Only in this way can we avoid suspicion. I'll take your mind. You can't accept white silk, you can't leave a bad handle. " Xing Shao understood yuan Yuxiu's mind very well, so he didn't force him any more.

Allusion 2

In Tang Dynasty, Liu Gongquan, a great calligrapher, was loyal, honest and upright. He was good at remonstrating and served as the Minister of the Ministry of work. At that time, an official named Guo Ning sent his two daughters to the palace, so the emperor sent Guo Ning to be an official in Youning (now Youxian County, Shaanxi Province), and people talked about it. The emperor asked Liu Gongquan about this matter: "Guo Ning is the stepfather of the Empress Dowager. He was appointed as a general. There has been no fault since he became an official. Now, what's wrong with him being the chief official of this small place Liu Gongquan said: "according to Guo Ning's contributions and achievements, it was reasonable and reasonable to send him to Youning to be the chief official. However, people who talked about it all thought that Guo Ning got the official post because he offered his two daughters to the palace." Tang Wenzong said: "Guo Ning's two daughters went to the palace to accompany the empress dowager, not to me." Liu Gongquan replied, "how can people distinguish the suspicions of guatian and Lixia?" "Guatian Lixia" is derived from the poem "guatian does not take shoes, Lixia does not crown" in the ancient Yuefu "Junzi Xing". Here Liu Gongquan is a metaphor for the emperor's practice, which is easy to be doubted.

The meaning of Idioms

When passing through the melon field, don't bend down to carry your shoes, so that people may suspect picking melons; when passing under the plum tree, don't raise your hand to tidy your hat, so that people may suspect picking plums. it refers to the place that is easy to cause suspicion, or refers to the occasion that is easy to cause suspicion, misunderstood and hard to argue. It's easy to be misused to describe pastoral life. the ancients stressed that a gentleman should take into account his manners, manners and manners. In addition, it is also very important to take the initiative to avoid suspicion, stay away from controversial people and things, and not do things that people misunderstand.

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