use a capable man in spite of his faults

use a capable man in spite of his faults

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì Xi á Q ǔ yॸng, which means to employ talents regardless of shortcomings and faults. The source is "for Yuan Shao to call Yuzhou.".

Idiom explanation

Flaw: the spot on jade refers to fault. It refers to the employment of talents regardless of shortcomings and faults. It is also called "abandoning defects".

The origin of Idioms

1. Chen Lin of Han Dynasty wrote in his book "for Yuan Shao to call on Yuzhou": "so he raised his sword and waved his drum, ordered Dongxia, recruited heroes, and abandoned his spare time to use them." (2) in the book with Chen Bo written by Liang Qiuchi in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that in the holy Dynasty, Hao was guilty and meritorious. He abandoned the flaws and employed them. He put his heart into the world and put his peace on everything

Idiom usage

It refers to the employment of talents. It is believed that if the world is uncertain, it is better to use the merits to overcome the mistakes, and to clear up the difficulties. In the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Zhi and Zhu Zhuan, he recruited talents, chose their specialties, and abandoned their flaws.