Advance the virtuous and retreat the traitor
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì nxi á NTU ì Ji ā n, refers to people close to virtuous, far from sycophant. He said that he would be a good man and dethrone a sycophant. To employ the virtuous and the virtuous, to dethrone the treacherous and the sycophant. It comes from "Wang Anli knows Yangzhou" by Su Shi of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In Song Sushi's Wang Anli's knowledge of Yangzhou, it is said that "in the autumn when Emperor Fang Xiandi and Li Jing sought for governance, there was the help of the ministers to advance the virtuous and retreat the treacherous."
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: to advance the virtuous and retreat from the sycophant
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object and attribute
Advance the virtuous and retreat the traitor
the principle of friendship will not admit of a refusal - yì bù gǎn cí
superfluous words and redundant sentences - rǒng cí zhuì jù