the dog barks at a man who is not his master

the dog barks at a man who is not his master

Dog barking is not the master, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǒ UF è if ē izh ǔ, which means that the officials are loyal to their monarchs. It's from Qi CE Liu, Warring States strategy.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang wrote in the Warring States strategy, Qi CE 6: "the dog barking at Yao with Zhi is not to practice Yao with Zhi, and the dog barking is not its master."

Idiom usage

To be loyal to one's master is to be loyal to one's master. I don't blame my family. Jiao Gan's Yilin xianzhitai in Han Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: barking is not their own business, but their own business