皮里阳秋 [pí lǐ yáng qiū]
1. refrain from outspoken attack; criticism kept to oneself; criticize mentally; well-covered remark指藏在心里不说出来的评论。《春秋》,相传孔子所修,意含褒贬。借指评论。
Pi Li Yang Qiu
Pi Li Yang Qiu
是遯翁自己对她不满意,所以用这种皮里阳秋的笔法来褒贬。
It was Tun-weng himself who was dissatisfied with her and who had thus resorted to this veiled manner to disparage her.
【出处】《晋书·褚裒传》:“谯国桓彝见而目之曰:‘季野有皮里春秋。’其言外无臧否,而内有所褒贬也。” 后因晋简文帝母名春,为讳“春”字,而改作“皮里阳秋”。