若要人不知，除非己莫為

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Chinese

to seem; like; as
to seem; like; as; if
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
 man; person; people
to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of
to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if
 
 unless; only if; only when 6th heavenly stem; self do not; there is none who
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 
trad. (若要人不知，除非己莫為/若要人不知，除非己莫爲) 若 要 人 不知 ， 除非 己 莫 為/爲
simp. (若要人不知，除非己莫为) 若 要 人 不知 ， 除非 己 莫 为
Literally: “if one wants others to not know , only when themselves had not done it”.

Etymology

The earliest appearance of similar expressions was in Mei Cheng (枚乘)'s Petition to the Prince of Wu:

欲人勿聞，莫若勿言；欲人勿知，莫若勿為。 [MSC, trad.]
欲人勿闻，莫若勿言；欲人勿知，莫若勿为。 [MSC, simp.]
From: Mei Sheng (枚乘),《上書諫吳王》
Yù rén wù wén, mò ruò wù yán; yù rén wù zhī, mò ruò wù wèi.
Do not speak if you do not want others to hear; do not do if you do not want others to know.

Pronunciation

Proverb

若要人不知，除非己莫為

  1. murder will out; one should not do it if they do not want others to know

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