Go before you hear(xiān xíng hòu wén)

Go before you hear

It is an idiom, pronounced Xi ā nx í NGH ò UW é n, which means to do something without asking for instructions, to create a fait accompli, and then to report it to the superior. It comes from the biography of cruel officials in the later Han Dynasty.

explain

It means that the minister executed people first, and then reported to the emperor.

source

According to the biography of cruel officials in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "it's the duty of facing the people. It's a matter of breaking the authority, eliminating the traitors, and first acting and then hearing."

Chinese PinYin : xiān xíng hòu wén