the precious stone lands its innocent possessor in jail—an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth
? 周諺有之： “匹夫無罪，～?！?《左傳·桓十年》) There is a proverb in Zhou，“A man may have no crime; —that he keeps his jade is his crime.”
懷璧其罪huai bi qi zui
an innocent man gets into trouble because of his talents
懷璧其罪huái bì qí zuì
懷中藏有美玉，因而成為有罪的根據(jù)。比喻人因多財而得禍，也比喻人有才而遭妒忌、打擊、陷害。an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth, keep one’s jade in his crime