An example of keeping a low profile is conducive to developing contacts.

One of the most famous examples of "keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile" in ancient China was "Cao Cao and Liu Bei cooking wine on heroes" in the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bei was unlucky and attached to Cao Cao. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" 2 1 episode "Liu Bei also stopped Cao Cao from killing people, so he went down to the backyard to grow vegetables and water himself, thinking it was a plan to hide his strength. Guan Yu and Zhang Yue said, "Brother doesn't think about what's going on in the world, but learns from villains. Why? " Liu Bei said, "This is something my second brother doesn't know. One day, Cao Cao put down his banquet to test Liu Bei's ambition and asked Liu Bei what heroes there were in the world. Liu Bei pretended to list some names of all-powerful people at that time, without mentioning himself. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms said: "Cao Cao pointed to Xuande, and then pointed to himself:" The only heroes in the world today are the monarch and Cao. " Liu Bei was taken aback, and the spoon in his hand fell to the ground. It rained and thundered. Liu Bei calmly lowered his head and said, "The power of the earthquake is even here." Cao Cao laughed and said, "Is the husband also afraid of thunder? "... Cao Sui did not doubt Liu Bei. This story typically represents the traditional consciousness of "keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile" in China. Confucius said: "A little tolerance leads to great mischief. The key to "keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile" is to bear the burden of humiliation, keep a low profile and keep a low profile, and the goal is to defeat the enemy and make a difference. Liu Bei later defeated Cao Cao in Battle of Red Cliffs, forming a tripartite confrontation between the three countries and eventually becoming a great cause.