judge people by outward appearance

judge people by outward appearance

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ R ó ngq ǔ R é n, meaning to measure a person's quality and ability only by his appearance. From Han Feizi, Xianxue.

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi's Xianxue: "Confucius said," if you win by tolerance, you lose your son Yu; if you win by words, you lose your son Yu. "

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. Example in Confucius' family language, the first sight of Zilu: "if you win people with tolerance, you will lose your son Yu; if you win people with words, you will lose your son Yu." the author secretly congratulates that in his early years, he had the ability to see good things and not "try to win people by their looks", so he had the chance to taste good things first. It's too bad. He didn't say it for a long time, but he only blamed us for taking advantage of others and didn't go through a screening in advance.