the more one tries to hide , the more one is exposed(yù gài mí zhāng)

the more one tries to hide , the more one is exposed

In Chinese, Pinyin is y ù g à im í zh ā ng, which means to cover up the truth of bad things, but the result is more obvious. From Zuo Zhuan, thirty first year of Zhaogong.

The origin of Idioms

In the thirty first year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "if you want to seek fame, you can't do it, or if you want to build a famous seal, you can punish injustice."

allusion

In the spring and Autumn period, in the winter of the thirty first year of Duke Zhao of Lu, Hei Shou, a senior official of the state of Ying, deviated from the state of Ying and took refuge in the state of Lu. His fiefdom (now Southeast of Tengzhou in Shandong Province) was incorporated into the territory of the state of Lu. (the state of Lu is in the southeast of today's mountain, Qufu is the capital at that time; the state of Ying is a small country bordering on the state of Lu, and its old city is in the southeast of Zoucheng in today's Shandong.) The spring and Autumn Annals, written by Confucius, recorded this period of history in the thirty first year of the reign of emperor Zhaogong: "in winter, the black arm ran to the wild." In the past, most scholars thought that the writing style of the spring and Autumn Annals was the most concise. The narration and comment, derogatory and commendatory, and the wording and sentences were very rigorous and appropriate. "Zuo Zhuan" expounds that "the spring and Autumn Annals" says: Hei humerus is not a noble figure. According to the compiling principles of "the spring and Autumn Annals", it is unnecessary to record it, let alone write down its name. But because of the changes in the territory, that is a major event, and we have to keep a record of it. (the title of the book is cheap, so it is important for the place.) Zuozhuan also commented: "in this way, a person who betrays his country by means of fiefdom, even if he is not a big man, will become famous for it, and the accusation of treason will never be covered up because of it. Therefore, a gentleman is polite when he moves, thinks righteousness when he acts, does not seek for profit, does not feel guilty for righteousness, or seeks fame but does not, or wants to cover up his name, Some people have a bad reputation, if you want to cover it up, you can't cover it up, and you can't punish injustice. " Gu Yanwu, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, added to the above-mentioned comments on Zuozhuan: "if you want to cover it, you will be famous. For example, if Zhao Dun runs away and Cui Zhu kills Taishi, you will cover up the evil of killing the monarch, and the evil will benefit you." (see Dong Hu's pen.). Cui Zhu, a doctor of the state of Qi, murdered Duke Zhuang of Qi, but called him "Tai Shi", who was responsible for recording history, and wrote that Duke Zhuang's death was caused by illness. Taishi didn't agree, so he was executed by Cui Zhu. But the succeeding historiographers still only remember the fact that Cui Zhu killed his monarch. Cui Zhu killed three historiographers in a row. Instead of concealing his crime of regicide, the more trouble he made, the more serious the crime became. (Gu Yanwu cited the example of Zhao Dun and Cui Zhu who killed the monarch but refused to admit it, saying that "the evil of regicide is covered, and its evil benefits are written", which is the same as the above-mentioned meaning of "want to cover and name it.". There is a similar saying in Shenjian current affairs: "if you want to show it, you can't do it, or if you want to hide it, you can't show it.". "to cover and to be famous" is later generally used as "to cover and to be famous". It's more and more important. In an attempt to cover up the truth, it turned out to be more obvious.

Analysis of Idioms

It's better to recognize it first than to ~. Wen Yiduo's Painting Exhibition

Chinese PinYin : yù gài mí zhāng