the wives and children of the offenders are not involved in their crimes

the wives and children of the offenders are not involved in their crimes

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Zu ì R é Nb ù n ú, which means that the punishment ends on the offender himself and does not involve his wife and children. It comes from Mencius · Liang Huiwang.

Analysis of Idioms

Crime is not equal to crime

Antonym: Zhulian jiuzu

The origin of Idioms

In Mencius, Liang Huiwang: "there is no ban on zeliang, and there are no criminals."

Idiom usage

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

Examples

Jia Rui said: "it's the ancient system that" sinners are not punished. ". It's enough to make an example of the public. Why kill more to fear the hearts of others? " The chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty

He respected the old and cared for the young. He was widowed and lonely. He was always compassionate. In the Qing Dynasty, Chu people won the 15th chapter of the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Idioms and allusions

During the Warring States period, King Xuan of Qi was advised to destroy the Ming hall where the emperor of Zhou visited the princes. He consulted Mencius. Mencius thought that if the king's government was to be carried out, it could not be destroyed, because King Wen of Zhou unified the world by carrying out the king's government in those years. He was innocent of criminals and took special care of helpless people such as widows, widows, single husbands and orphans.