He wanted to cover up his mistakes but got the opposite effect(欲蓋彌彰)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China,
the Kingdom of Zhu and the Kingdom of Lu were adjacent to each other, and there
were frequent wars between the two kingdoms.
A minister of the Zhu Kingdom betrayed his
kingdom. He fled to the Kingdom of Lu.
He didn't admit that he was a traitor, he
wanted to change people's perception of him so he took some actions.
Historians in the Lu Kingdom recorded these
actions he took in the Lu Kingdom’s history books.
A famous historian in the Lu Kingdom was
named (Zuo Qiuming). He made his comments on this matter.
He said.
Each of us hopes to leave a good
reputation, so we have done a lot to maintain this good reputation.
But an important fact we have to remember
is that if a person does good things every day and insists on being an upright
person, then that person will naturally have a good reputation.
This minister of the Zhu Kingdom betrayed
his kingdom. He wanted to change people's perception of him so he took some
actions.
But he did not expect that because these
things he did involved the territory of the Lu Kingdom, the historian of the Lu
Kingdom must clearly record it.
Now all his efforts are in vain.
When people in future generations read this
history book, they will know that he is a betrayer.
He tried to cover up his mistakes but got
the opposite effect. How ironic is this
This idiom means that a person wants to cover
up his mistakes but it becomes more obvious.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you like to read history books? Have you
ever tried to cover up your mistakes but get the opposite effect?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
欲蓋彌彰(He wanted to cover up his mistakes
but got the opposite effect)
中國的春秋時代，邾王國與魯王國相鄰，兩個王國經常發生戰爭。
邾王國有一個大臣背叛了他的王國。他逃亡到魯王國。
他不承認他是一個叛徒，他想要改變人們對他的看法所以他採取了一些行動。
魯王國的歷史學家把他採取的這些行動記錄在魯國的歷史書上。
魯王國的一個著名的歷史學家叫做(左丘明)。他針對這件事發表他的評論。
他說。
我們每個人希望可以留下一個好的名聲，所以我們做了很多事情去維持這個好的名聲。
但是我們要記的一個重要的事實，一個人如果每天做好事並且堅持做一個正直的人，那麼這個人自然就會有好的名聲。
邾王國的這個大臣背叛了他的王國，他想要改變人們對他的看法所以他採取了一些行動。
但他沒想到因為他做的這些事牽涉到魯王國的領土，所以魯王國的史官必須明確的記錄下來。
如今他所做的一切努力都成為泡影。
以後世世代代的人讀到這一段的歷史書時，都會知道他是一個背叛者。
他想掩蓋自已的錯誤卻得到反效果。這是多麼諷刺啊
這句成語的意思是指一個人想要掩蓋自己的錯誤卻反而更加顯明。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你喜歡讀歷史書嗎?你有過想掩蓋過失卻得到反效果的經驗嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為左傳-昭公三十一年
