to return good for evil; to requite evil with kindness rather than resentment

To handle a grudge or treat those who have wronged you with impartiality and justice; a concept from the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]], contrasted with responding with kindness or further hatred.

An idiom from the Analects of Confucius suggesting that one should return good for good, but respond to resentment or injury with uprightness and fairness rather than revenge or excessive kindness.