Manage the people(shù zhàng lǐ mín)

Manage the people

Shuzhanglimin, a Chinese idiom, is sh ù zh à NGL ǐ m í n in pinyin, which means to govern the common people without abusing punishment; it is described as officials' leniency and love for the people. It's from the west chamber, zhugongdiao.

Notes on Idioms

Tie the staff and put away the instruments of torture.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth volume of Jin Dong Jieyuan's Xixiangji zhugongdiao: "there are punishments, such as guillotine, strangulation and handcuffing. If we do not use it, we will be more generous and elegant. "

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.

Examples

Since emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was granted the title of Jiazhou prefect, shangsheng cherished Li Shu and ruled the people. The first book of Qi Tian Da Sheng by Wu Mingshi in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : shù zhàng lǐ mín