Gold in the evening

Gold in the evening

Huaijin in the evening, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ù y è Hu á ij ī n, which means bribery in secret. From the biography of Yang Zhen in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Yang Zhen in the book of the later Han Dynasty by Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "Wang MI was the order of Changyi, and he came to see Wang MI. At night, he cherished ten jin of gold and left an earthquake. Zhen said: "old friends know you, but you don't know old friends. Why?" The secret says, "there is no one who knows at night." Zhen said: "heaven knows, God knows, I know, son knows. What is ignorance? " He came out in shame

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Idiom story

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen was upright, honest and never accepted bribes. Wang MI, the magistrate of Changyi County recommended by him, sent him 10 jin of gold in the dark. Yang Zhen is very unhappy. Wang Mi says that nobody knows in the dead of night. Yang Zhen said: "heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know, I can't accept this ill gotten gains."