This is a straightforward moral principle: your actions determine your fate. It's often used to encourage kindness and discourage wrongdoing.
This is a core Buddhist-influenced folk belief in China. It's often followed by the phrase 'not yet' (不是不报，时候未到) to explain delayed justice.
It's a social contract in proverb form. By promising cosmic justice, it aligns individual behavior with communal morality, reducing the need for external enforcement.
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