treat persons differently(jiǎn fó shāo xiāng)

treat persons differently

Picking Buddha and burning incense, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin J is I ǎ NF ó sh ā oxi ā ng, which refers to behaving or treating others with kindness. It comes from 159 of Hanshan's poem in Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Tang Hanshan's poem 159: choose Buddha to burn incense, choose monk to support.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive, and it is used as a metaphor for behaving or treating others with kindness. Qingniang is a good example. ——Wu Bing of Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : jiǎn fó shāo xiāng