Zhēnyán 26:4

4 Búyào zhào yúmeì rén de yú wàng huà huídá tā , kǒngpà nǐ yǔ tā yíyàng .

Zhēnyán 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly
Sometimes a fool, or wicked man, is not to be answered at all; as the ministers of Hezekiah answered not a word to Rabshakeh; nor Jeremiah the prophet to Hananiah; nor Christ to the Scribes and Pharisees; and when an answer is returned, it should not be in his foolish way and manner, rendering evil for evil, and railing for railing, in the same virulent, lying, calumniating, and reproachful language; lest thou also be like unto him;
lest thou also, who art a man of understanding and sense, and hast passed for one among men, come under the same imputation, and be reckoned a fool like him.

Zhēnyán 26:4 In-Context

2 Máquè wǎng lái , yàn zǐ fān fēi , zhèyàng ,wú gù de zhòuzǔ , yĕ bì bù líndào .

3 Biān zǐ shì wèi Dámǎ . peì tóu shì wèi lēi lü . xíng zhàng shì wèi dá yúmeì rén de bēi .

4 Búyào zhào yúmeì rén de yú wàng huà huídá tā , kǒngpà nǐ yǔ tā yíyàng .

5 Yào zhào yúmeì rén de yú wàng huà huídá tā , miǎndé tā zì yǐwéi yǒu zhìhuì .

6 Jiè yúmeì rén shǒu jì de , shì kǎn duàn zìjǐ de jiǎo , zì shòu sún haì . ( zì shòu yuán zuò hē )