冤有头， 债有主

冤有头， 债有主 [yuān yǒu tóu zhài yǒu zhǔ]

1. ■ No debts without creditors, no hatred without cause.; A wrong has a source, a loan has a lender; A wrong has its instigator, and a debt has its lender.; Every injustice has its perpetrator, every debt has its debtor.; Every wrong has its cause, every debt has its debtor.; If a crime is committed, there is one who has committed it, and if there is a debt, there is a debtor.; Our hatred is directed against our enemy only, and the creditor will collect the debt only from the debtor.