Here Comrade Mao Tse-tung uses this metaphor to show that though Chiang Kai-shek and his like talked about revolution, they were afraid of revolution and against it.

• 是叶公非好龙也，好夫似龙而非龙者也。毛泽东在这里用以比喻蒋介石辈口谈革命，实际上畏惧革命，反对革命。