- 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 qièguózhěhóuqiègōuzhězhū to steal the whole country and be made a prince, to steal a hook and be executedCommonly used idiom from the Daoist classic [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] describing double standards in justice: big crimes go unpunished while small ones are severely punished.
- 窃钩窃国 qiègōuqièguó to steal a hook is to be executed, to steal a country is to be made a lordClassic expression used to criticize the hypocrisy and injustice of a legal system where small crimes are punished severely while grand criminals gain power; implies that reward and punishment are disconnected from the scale of the deed or that the law is applied inconsistently
- 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 qiègōuzhězhūqièguózhěhóu steal a hook and you're executed, steal a country and you're a lordA person who steals a small item is punished, while one who steals a whole nation is rewarded with power; an idiom from the Daoist classic [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]].
