pacify the good and do away with the cruel
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "Anli á ngch ú B à o", which means to pacify the kind and eradicate the violent. It comes from Taiping Guangji by Li Fang of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Song Li Fang's Taiping Guangji: "the duty of giving up is to get rid of the tyrant and keep the good in peace."
Examples
"Three heroes and five righteousness" in Xuyong chivalrous people, parading villages and cities, contributing to the country. A brief history of Chinese novels by Lu Xun
Chinese PinYin : ān liáng chú bào
pacify the good and do away with the cruel
Follow the wind in the grass. cǎo yǎn fēng cóng
be successful in one 's official career. fēi huáng téng dá
the three parties concerned confront in court. sān cáo duì àn
swear to die refusing to kneel -- even death will not make one yield. shì sǐ bù qū
the nine schools of thought and three religions. sān jiào jiǔ liú