郢书燕说
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[郢書燕說]
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YǐngshūYānshuō
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lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it fig. to misinterpret the original meaning to pile up errors refers to the letter from capital 郢[Yǐng] of 楚[Chǔ] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yān] as "promote the wise"
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