“明哲保身”的名声不好,在毛泽东同志笔下是自由主义的第三种表现,理所当然被批了60多年。事物总是横看成岭侧成峰,换一个角度,或者撇开损人利己的成分,是可以赋予“明哲保身”积极意义的。成语“明哲保身”,最早也没有贬的意思,它始自“既明且哲,以保其身”,即明达 “Ming Zhe self-preservation,” the reputation is not good, in Comrade Mao Zedong pen is the third manifestation of liberalism, of course, been approved for more than 60 years. Things are always seen as a ridge into a peak, from another perspective, or put aside the selfish ingredients, is to give the “self-preservation” positive meaning. Idiom “Mingzhao Paul”, the earliest nor the meaning of derogatory, it begins with “both Ming and Zhe, in order to protect their own” that Mingda