Punishment by punishment

Punishment by punishment

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ x í ngzh ì x í ng, which means to impose light punishment on serious crimes. If the criminals have no fear, the result will lead to continuous punishment. From the book of Shang Jun Jin Ling.

The origin of Idioms

Jin Ling, the book of Shang Jun, said: "the crime is heavy and the punishment is light, and the punishment comes to the event. This is called punishment by punishment, and the state will cut it."

Idiom usage

"To be strong" means "to be punished by torture, to be governed by the state." In Han Feizi's order: "the crime is serious but the punishment is light, and the punishment is light but the matter happens. This is called punishment by punishment, and the state will cut it. “