Don’t argue about anything, a classic statement about your tone

Do not steam the steamed buns to steam (fight) the tone.

This is a folk saying. The whole sentence is "Selling the wheat to buy a steamer, but not steaming the steamed buns to gain reputation."

We usually say that the steamed buns are not steamed and the steamed buns are steamed (competing). There is a homophony here.

This is a saying that describes being a person with backbone and a person with integrity. It is like Yougong accusing you of not doing something well, and others say to you, "If you don't make steamed buns, you will gain reputation." It means that the more others say, the more they say it. If you can't do it well, you have to do it better! It has a similar meaning to not bending down for five buckets of rice.