severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person
Yan Yi is an idiom, pronounced C í y á NY ì zh è ng, which describes that the speech is severe and the meaning is righteous.
explain
His words are stern and his righteousness is just. It is the same as "strict diction and justice".
source
Song Ouyang Xiu's poem "reading Zhang Li Ersheng's article as a gift to Mr. Shi" says: "the words are strict, the meaning and the quality are not slang, although the ancient taste is light and mellow."
usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person
be well-informed and suspend judgment on things in doubt - duō wén quē yí