于公高門
Reading
うこうこうもん
English
secretly using one's accumulated goodwill and status to benefit one's family
Notes
Yu Gong(于公) was a fair and just judge, but when his town was making repairs, he used his influence to have the town gates門 built high高. His assumption was that his son would become a government official in the future, and therefore at some point be riding into town in a giant cart used for officials
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