"If we praise Xi Shi [a legendary beauty], it is to the detriment of Dong Shi [Xi Shi's less beautiful neighbor, ridiculed for her attempts to imitate Xi Shi's expres sions of anguish]," says Wang Panghsiung, drawing an amusing analogy.
「肯定西施，就害了東施」，王邦雄打了有趣的比方。