Reward the same and punish the different

Reward the same and punish the different

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǎ NGT ó NGF á y ì, which means to reward those who have the same opinions and punish those who have different opinions. From the eight classics of Han Feizi.

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi's eight Classics: "therefore, to reward the virtuous and punish the violent is to reward the good and punish the virtuous, and to punish the evil is to reward the same and punish the different."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in dealing with affairs.