Idioms Story: winners is a hero, the loser is the thief (The original China characters Idioms: 成者英雄败者贼)

In human society, the small thieves have been arrested, while the bandits to seize the country has become princes, the king.
In ancient China called “Qi Henggong” the king, kill his own brother (the original King), it became the king of Qi. Qi Henggong became king after the then forcibly took possession of his brother’s wife. For such people, the famous Sage “Guan Zhong”, he was wholeheartedly adjuvant.
Qi was a minister, called “Tian Chang” to kill the king, won Qi, have been a king. For such a steal, seize the robber, sage, “Confucius” is also without the acceptance of the Tian Chang ashamed to give their own money.
If the arguments together, these things are really people held in contempt, but the saints, sages are all they have no criticism. In fact, such a thing, what strange it? “ShangShu” above wrote: “Who is evil, who is the good? Successful people standing in the front row of unsuccessful others behind.”
Later, the social as well. The Northern Song Dynasty (Chinese ancient kingdom) writer “Su Shi” in the article, said: “the world’s people to comment on the success or failure of character, so Cao Cao was a hero among the people listed.”
And close to the meaning of this idiom is “to obtain the victory wins the King who became the war is the bandits who failed.”

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Idioms are really very difficult to try to explain the difficult part I have to cry ……