What are some sentences that describe a person who has his own way of doing things?

1. "I didn't know he had two methods."

Source: Yuan Dynasty Li Xingdao's "The Story of the Gray Wall"

Interpretation: How do you know he can do it? One thing in front of others and another behind the scenes.

2. "Li Linfu is said to have 'honey in his mouth and a sword in his belly'."

Source: "Zizhi Tongjian·Tang Ji·Xuanzong Tianbao First Year"

Interpretation: The world's evaluation of Li Linfu is: He is a person who says he is very sweet, but actually harbors harmful ideas and has a cunning and insidious appearance.

3. I also tried to persuade him face to face, but it was no better than the prefect of divination who violated the law, so there was nothing he could do.

Source: "The Appearance of Officialdom" by Li Baojia of the Qing Dynasty

Interpretation: I once persuaded him in person, but I didn't expect that he and the prefect were playing double-dealing, obeying on the surface but disobeying secretly. . That's why he couldn't get it.

4. I don’t care about your “double-dealing” thing.

Source: Chapter 62 of "A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty

Interpretation: You are a person with bad intentions who does one thing in front of you and another behind your back. I won't be surprised.

5. When drafting the edict, I violated it and rewritten it without authorization. How sincere is it to promulgate it as my edict?

Source: Qing Dynasty Ping Buqing's "The Case of Xia Wai Clan·Anecdotes·Duan Su Case"

Translation: When drafting the edict, I violated it and rewritten it without authorization, and promulgated it as my decree Implementation, what is the intention?