The idiom story of "hiding one's ears and stealing the bell"_The origin of the allusion and who is the protagonist of the idiom "hiding one's ears and stealing the bell"?

Pinyin yǎněrdàolíng yǎněrdàolíng

Meaning: to cover, to cover; to steal: to steal. Steal the bell and cover your ears for fear of being heard. It is a metaphor for deceiving oneself, trying to cover up things that obviously cannot be covered up.

Source: Lu Buwei's "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period·Zhizhi" in the Warring States Period: "People who have a bell want to carry it and walk away, but the bell is too big to bear. Destroy it with the vertebrae, but the bell still has a sound. I am afraid that people will hear it. To seize oneself, cover one's ears quickly."

Protagonist

Synonyms: self-deception, self-defeating

Antonyms: openness and honesty

Idiom Story

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the noble Zhibo of the Jin State destroyed the Fan family. Someone took the opportunity and ran to Fan's house to steal something, and saw a big bell hanging in the yard. The bell is made of fine bronze and has exquisite shapes and patterns. The thief was very happy and wanted to carry this beautiful clock back to his home. But the clock was so big and heavy that it couldn't be moved. After much deliberation, he found only one way, which was to break the clock into pieces and then move them home separately.

The thief found a big hammer and hit the clock with all his strength. The loud bang made him jump. The thief panicked, thinking that this was too bad. Didn't this sound tell people that I was stealing the clock here? He was so anxious that he threw himself on the clock and opened his arms to cover the sound of the bell, but how could he cover it! The sound of the bell still sounds long and distant.

The more he listened, the more frightened he became. He could not freely withdraw his hands and cover his ears with all his strength. "Hey, the bell has become quieter and can't be heard!" The thief became happy, "It's wonderful! If you can't cover your ears, you can't hear the bell!" He immediately found two cloth balls and covered his ears. Stop it, thinking, now no one can hear the bell. So he let go and hit the clock. Every time, the bell sounded loudly and spread far away. People heard the bell and swarmed to catch the thief.

The story comes from "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period: Self-Knowledge", "covering one's ears and stealing the bell" is said to be "covering one's ears and stealing the bell", which is a metaphor for the cover-up behavior of stupidity and self-deception.