In "the Analects of Confucius" which is said to be a bible of Confucianists, there is a description that 'If there is a way in the world, you should appear, and if there is no way, you should become a recluse'
儒家のバイブルといえる『論語』に「天下道有れば即ち見（あら）われ、道無ければ即ち隠る」とある。