Take damage as punishment

Take damage as punishment

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Hu ǐ w é if á, which means to punish people according to their non destruction. From Guanzi Mingfa.

The origin of Idioms

The source of Guanzi Mingfa: "it is because of the loss of governance of officials that the Lord rewards reputation and punishes destruction. However, those who like to reward and punish evildoers do private art away from justice." Yin Zhizhang's note: "if you take reputation as reward and punishment, you will lose your sense."

Idiom usage

Examples

To reward with good reputation and to reward with evil punishment is better than Zhou Yixiang. Han Feizi Youdu.