distort the truth in order to please others

distort the truth in order to please others

It is a Chinese idiom, w ǎ NGD à OSH ì R é n in pinyin, which originally refers to not following the right path to serve the monarch. After the general refers to any means to please people.

interpretation

Wrong: disobey; way: right; service: serve. It originally means not following the right path to serve the monarch. After the general refers to any means to please people.

source

In the Analects of Confucius Weizi written by Lu Kong in the spring and Autumn Period: "Liu Xiahui was a scholar and teacher, and he was deposed three times. People said, "is it possible for Ziwei to go?" He said: "how can we go straight and serve people, but not three times? Why go to your parents' country when you do wrong? "

Examples

From then on, Qu Xue a Shi began. Gu Yanwu, Qing Dynasty

usage

To please and please others by all means