格言大意:只要有功就能赏赐,只要有罪就处罚。
Main Idea:Grant a reward to those who have made contribution but punish those who have committed a crime.
大义灭亲(Placing righteousness above family loyalty)
春秋时,腹忳的儿子杀了人,依法应处以死刑。秦惠王考虑腹忳年纪大了,又只有这一个儿子,就下令赦免他儿子死罪。腹忳认为这样不妥。在他的坚持下,他的儿子仍被处死了。
In the Spring and Autunm Period ,Fu Tun’s son killed someone and was sentened to death according to the law.King of Qin thought that Fu Tun was very old and had only one son so he decided to absolve his son from capital punishment.Fu Tun thought it was inappropriate .His son was excuted because he insisted this was the right thing to do.