Break the Gu into a circle

Break the Gu into a circle

Gu: square; Yuan: round. The square destroyed is the circle. It is compared with "to punish severely but to simplify administration".

Idiom explanation

Explain Gu: square; Yuan: round. The square destroyed is the circle. It is compared with "to punish severely but to simplify administration".

Idioms and allusions

It comes from the preface to the biography of cruel officials in the history of the Han Dynasty: "in the Han Dynasty, when the Gu is broken, it becomes a circle; when the Gu is broken, it becomes a simple one; when the Gu is broken, it becomes a fish in the boat." In the case of Gaozu's anti Qin policy, it is said that in addition to his strict laws, there are about three chapters. "Suoyin" by Sima Zhen in Tang Dynasty

Discrimination of words

To govern a country is to govern a country