懲惡勸善

Chinese

			to encourage people to do good
trad. (懲惡勸善)		懲惡	勸善
simp. (惩恶劝善)		惩恶	劝善

Etymology

From the Zuo zhuan, late 4th century BCE:

春秋之稱，微而顯，志而晦，婉而成章，盡而不污，懲惡而勸善，非聖人誰能脩之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

春秋之称，微而显，志而晦，婉而成章，尽而不污，惩恶而劝善，非圣人谁能脩之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Chūnqiū zhī chēng, wēi ér xiǎn, zhì ér huì, wǎn ér chéngzhāng, jìn ér bù wū, chéng'è ér quànshàn, fēi shèngrén shéi néng xiū zhī? [Pinyin]

The Spring and Autumn Annals, in the appellations which it uses, is clear with an exquisite minuteness, distinct through obscurity, elegant by its gentle turns, and full without descending to be low, condemning what is evil, and encouraging what is good;—who but the sage [Confucius] could have compiled it as it is?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéng'èquànshàn, chěng'èquànshàn
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ, ㄔㄥˇ ㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ ok³ hyun³ sin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéng'èquànshàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéng-ècyuànshàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-o⁴-chʻüan⁴-shan⁴
  - Yale: chéng-è-chywàn-shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngehchiuannshann
  - Palladius: чэнъэцюаньшань (čɛnʺecjuanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰɥɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chěng'èquànshàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ ㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chěng-ècyuànshàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng³-o⁴-chʻüan⁴-shan⁴
  - Yale: chěng-è-chywàn-shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheengehchiuannshann
  - Palladius: чэнъэцюаньшань (čɛnʺecjuanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰɥɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ ok³ hyun³ sin⁶
  - Yale: chìhng ok hyun sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ ok⁸ hyn³ sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ og³ hün³ xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ ɔːk̚³ hyːn³³ siːn²²/

Idiom

懲惡勸善

to punish the wicked and encourage the good

Synonyms

勸善懲惡／劝善惩恶 (quànshànchéng'è)