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ài
zhōng guó shǐ shàng yǒu guó jiā
míng jiào zhōu
tiān zhōu wáng wèn de guān yuán
yìng gāi zěn yáng chù zhàn
guān yuán shuō qián
céng tīng shuō guǒ huān mǒu
rén jiù lián tíng liú zài rén zhù
de dǐng shàng de huān
guǒ yàn è mǒu rén jiù
lián rén jiā de qiáng wéi
qiáng yàn è zhàn shì men
de rén men shì duì
de jué zuì hǎo men
quán shā le
zhōu wáng rèn wèi zhè yáng zuò xíng
lìng wài guān yuán chū le
de jiàn kàn
yìng gāi zhàn fēn duì dài
yǒu zuì de zuì de hǎo
de huài de fēn kāi lái yǒu
zuì de zhàn yào chù néng
liú xià huò huàn
zhōu wáng rèn wèi zhè yáng zuò
tuǒ dāng
jiē zháo yòu yǒu guān yuán shuō
wáng rèn wèi yìng gāi
zhè xiē zhàn quán fàng le
ràng men huí dào de jiā
gēng zhǒng tián shí
ér wáng duì de qīn rén
péng yǒu yào shǎng fēn míng
néng piān xīn tōng guò dào
lái zhì guó jiā rén
mín kěn dìng huì duì wáng xìn de
zhōu wáng tīng hòu jué hěn yǒu dào
jiù àn zhè bàn zuò
jié guǒ guó jiā zhēn de hěn kuài ān dìng
xià lái le biàn yuè lái yuè wěn
dìng qiáng
chéng ài hòu lái
jiù bèi yòng lái yīn wèi
ài rén lián dài yǒu
guān de rén huò shì ài
guān xīn
There was a state called zhou (周) in the chinese history.
One day, the king of zhou asked his officials for advice on deal with prisoners of war.
An official said, "i once heard if you love someone, you are intended to love even the crows on the roof of his house; if you hate someone, you are intended to hate even the walls and the parapets of his. The prisoners of war were enemies fighting against us. In my opinion, we'd better kill them all."
But the king didn't agree with him."I think we should treat the prisoners of war differently by differing them into those who are guilty and those who are not. The guilty ones will be sentenced to death in order to avoid future disasters." Another official put forward his suggestion.
The king didn't think it was a proper way, either.
Then a third one said, "Your majesty, I think all the prisoners should be set free and sent back home to work in the fields and support themselves by their own labor. Moreover, you should keep strictly the rules for reward and punishment and treat your relatives and friends impartially.The people are sure to believe in you if you administer our country by morals and laws."
The king thought the official's proposal was quite reasonable so he accepted and followed it.As a result, the domestic situation soon settled down and gradually the country became more stable and stronger.
The idiom is then used to mean that if you love someone,you'll love people and things relative to him as well.
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