本官只是就事论事
“I'm just talking about the facts.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谢氏百年基业不倒 自有倒不了的道理
“There's a reason that my clan has endured for a century.”
本官 只是 就事论事
“I'm just talking about the facts.”
至于这百年根基
“As for your century-old authority…”
“Do not threaten me with your prestigious family name; I am simply carrying out official duty strictly by the facts.”
In imperial China, magistrates often cited procedural objectivity to resist intimidation from entrenched aristocratic clans and powerful lineages.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this official; I (used by magistrates or officials in ancient times)
Historical first-person pronoun used by officials to assert judicial or bureaucratic authority.
to judge a matter strictly on its own merits
A formal idiom used to insist on addressing current objective facts without dragging in unrelated background or personal status.
