give rewards for good service and punishments for faults

give rewards for good service and punishments for faults

Punishment for meritorious service, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǎ NGG ō NGF á Zu ì, which means to reward those who have rendered meritorious service and punish those who have committed crimes. From Shangti Yaoshu.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Guang's Shangti Yaoshu in Song Dynasty: "it's the duty of a king. It's to measure the material and appoint people. It's just to reward the merit and punish the crime."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. example the first step is to pay for the debt, and the second step is to punish the crime. The fourth chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals