以人廢言

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	man; person; people	abolish; crippled	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (以人廢言)		以	人	廢	言
simp. (以人废言)		以	人	废	言

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》):

子曰：「君子不以言舉人，不以人廢言。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「君子不以言举人，不以人废言。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐ bù yǐ yán jǔ rén, bù yǐ rén fèi yán.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of his words, nor does he put aside good words because of the man."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐrénfèiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐrénfèiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐrénfèiyán
    • Wade–Giles: i³-jên²-fei⁴-yen²
    • Yale: yǐ-rén-fèi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiirenfeyyan
    • Palladius: ижэньфэйянь (ižɛnʹfɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴
    • Yale: yíh yàhn fai yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yen⁴ fei³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jɐn²¹ fɐi̯³³ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

以人廢言

1. to reject an opinion because the speaker is not good or not to one's liking

Synonyms

• 因人廢言／因人废言

Derived terms

• 不以人廢言 / 不以人废言 (bù yǐrénfèiyán)