中國成語故事：恐鐘有聲

When Chen Xiang served as the head of the Pucheng county, Fujian province in Song Dynasty, he once arrested a group of suspects, but could not tell which one was the thief.

He called together all the suspects and told them, "A bell in a temple can tell who is the thief, and it is very sensitive. Later, all of you must touch the bell, and if the bell rings, then the one who touched it is the thief." He then secretly ordered people to carry the bell here and painted it with black ink, and covered it with a cloth. Then he ordered those suspects to touch the bell one by one.

After doing this, he checked the palm of all the suspects and interrogated the only one whose palm hadn't been blackened. This suspect turned out to be the thief. Because he feared that the bell would ring, he did not dare to touch the bell.

宋朝陳襄在福建蒲城做縣令時，縣尉抓了一批嫌疑犯，但不能確定其中誰是小偷。

陳襄將這些嫌疑犯召集到一起，告訴他們說：“某寺廟里的一口鐘能驗明誰是盜賊，非常靈敏。待會兒你們每個人都必須摸一下，若是鐘被摸響了，那么，這個人就是小偷。”又密令衙史將鐘抬來，抹上墨汁，圍上布帷子，命令嫌疑犯逐一將手伸進帷布摸鐘。

事后檢查每個人的手掌，對唯一沒有染黑即沒有摸鐘的那個人進行審訊，果然這個人就是小偷，因為他害怕鐘真的會被摸響，因而不敢伸手接觸鐘臂。