to cast out the wicked and cherish the virtuous

to cast out the wicked and cherish the virtuous

Jie Zhuo Yang Qing, pronounced Ji é Zhu ó y á ngq ī ng, means to excite the turbid and Yang Qing. It is a metaphor for eliminating the bad and developing the good. It comes from the biography of Wang Xun in the new book of Tang Dynasty.

interpretation

Still stirring up the turbid and raising the clear. This refers to washing away sewage and floating up clean water. Later, it is used as a metaphor to denounce evil and reward good.

source

In the biography of Wang Yu in the new book of the Tang Dynasty, it is said that "to be clean and clean, to be good and evil, to be good and good, to be a minister has a day's strength over several sons." Jie, the biography of Wang Xun in the old book of Tang Dynasty. See "removing the turbid and promoting the clear".