His face is full of back

His face is full of back

Su Mian angbei, a Chinese idiom, is spelled as Zu à mi à n à NGB è I, which means that virtue is expressed in the outside, and it has a gentle appearance and a sincere state. The manner of a virtuous person. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

The origin of Idioms

It is said in Mencius: the nature of a gentleman is his nature. Benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom are rooted in his heart. The color of his life is also apparent in his face, abundant in his back, and applied to the four aspects. The four aspects are self-evident

Word usage

It refers to moral cultivation

Examples

Song Chen Liang's Jiachen answer to Zhu Yuanhui book: "the original heart is in the second, more propriety in moderation, to accumulate for the work, to self-restraint for the right, the face is full of back, then bright in all the Confucians are ashamed."