Answer:
pretty much a golden rule or to keep a balance or... "you do this
and this is your punisment"
The Chinese took little interest in the maps brought by Matteo Ricci because they went counter to their belief that the world was flat. The maps depicted the world as a sphere. They also showed that China was just one country in the larger map. They whined that he treated the Ming Empire as a small insignificant country.
Roosevelt was known as "Teddy the Trust-Buster" for his strict enforcement of these acts
