employment of both kindness and severity(ēn wēi bìng zhòng)

employment of both kindness and severity

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ē NW ē IB ì ngzhang ॸ ng, which means to pacify and coerce at the same time. It comes from the biography of Zhou bream in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

In the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, biography of Zhou bream: "bream died in the county for 13 years, rewarding the good and punishing the evil

Idiom usage

It means to pacify and force at the same time. I always believe in virtue. (song Jingshi 19 by Chen Baichen and Jia Ji).

Chinese PinYin : ēn wēi bìng zhòng