barrister on January 5, 2011 | reply

I don't know what 黄荆条子 means, but the saying 杭苏出美女 means that Hangzhou and Suzhou (杭苏) have a lot of beautiful women. Maybe the 出好人 means something similar. X produces good people, or lets you know who is good.

Echo on January 6, 2011 | reply

@MoNigeria & barrister,

是四川方言，它的意思和“棒打出孝子”差不多，都是说要很严厉地管教孩子（包括打孩子），孩子才能成为优秀的人。“黄荆条子”是一种打人很疼，但是不伤筋骨的东西。

--Echo

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