cause-and-effect relationship(yuán qīng liú qīng)

cause-and-effect relationship

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu á NQ ī ngli ú Q ī ng, which means that the water at the source is clear, and the water at the downstream is clear. It means that if cause and effect are connected, the origin of things is good, so are their development and outcome; or if leaders are wise, their subordinates are honest. It comes from Xunzi jundao and Han shiwaizhuan.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: source qingliujie, source qingliujing

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

The origin of Idioms

Xunzi jundao: "therefore, the number of instruments is the flow of governance, not the origin of governance. A gentleman is the source of cure. The officials keep the number, the gentleman nourishes the source, the source is clear, the source is turbid, the source is turbid "Han Shi waizhuan" Volume 5: "the king is the source of the people, the source is clear, the source is turbid

Chinese PinYin : yuán qīng liú qīng