A good ruler measures talent
Yu Chi Liang Cai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù ch ǐ Li á NGC á I, which used to be the standard of selecting talents and evaluating poetry. Use appropriate standards to measure talent and poetry. From Li Bai's Shangqing Baoding.
The origin of Idioms
Tang Libai's Shangqing Baoding poem: "the immortal holds the jade ruler, how many talents you have; the jade ruler is inexhaustible, and you have no time to rest."
Idiom usage
Since then, coral has been on the net, and Dr. Wen has been out of the palace. (Chapter 42 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)
A good ruler measures talent
a timely warning may avert a national crisis - yī yán xīng bāng
the near one pleases and the far one comes -- to do one 's utmost to satisfy people near and far - jìn yuè yuǎn lái
storm into and destroy the enemy 's fortified positions - cuī jiān xiàn zhèn