reward the virtuous and punish the wicked(shǎng shàn fá è)

reward the virtuous and punish the wicked

Reward good and punish evil, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à ngsh à NF á è, which means to reward the good and punish the evil. It comes from the preface of Shi Xiaoya zhanpiluo.

The origin of Idioms

"Shi Xiaoya Zhan piluo Yi Xu": "supporting piluo Yi" stabs you Wang. Thinking of the ancient Ming Dynasty, the king can command the princes to reward the good and punish the evil. "

Idiom usage

Reward the good and punish the bad. Example Lu Xun's the painting of twenty four filial piety in morning and evening: "what I can read in front of the public is the painting of emperor Wenchang and the biography of Yuli banknote, both of which depict the stories of rewarding good and punishing evil." According to the biography of Gongyu in the Han Dynasty, "in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, the officials were not allowed to be officials, reward good and punish evil, and not relatives." According to the biography of Wei Yuanzhong in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, "Yuanzhong attached himself to the powerful and suppressed Han Jun, but he could not reward the good and punish the evil, and encouraged the current politics, so few of them discussed it." In the biography of Li mi in the book of the new Tang Dynasty, it is said that "a husband's life has already come true. The prime minister creates life, not to speak it. If you give your life, you will no longer reward good and punish evil. " "Li Shi · Han Ping Du Xiang Jiang Jun stele:" reward good or not, lenient or fierce Association

Chinese PinYin : shǎng shàn fá è