郢书燕说
yǐngshū yānshuō
в Ин написали (перепутав иероглифы), а в Янь объяснили (примыслили написанному значение; обр. в знач.: подогнать смысл к бессмысленному тексту)
yǐng shū yān shuō
郢人在给燕相的信中误写「举烛」二字，而燕相则解释尚明、任贤之义。典出韩非子．外储说左上。后比喻穿凿附会，扭曲原意。
清．纪昀．阅微草堂笔记．卷四．泺阳消夏录四：「是不必然，亦不必不然，郢书燕说，固未为无益。」
亦作「燕说」。
Yǐng shū Yān shuō
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"
yǐng shū yān shuō
(argument; proof) forced, not natural; distorted interpretation; give strained interpretations and draw farfetched analysis to misinterpret the original meaningyǐngshūyānshuō
give a distorted interpretation; distort the meaning in order to fit one's ideas【释义】郢：春秋战国时楚国的都城；书：信；燕：古诸侯国名；说：解释。比喻牵强附会，曲解原意。
【出处】《韩非子·外储说左上》：“郢人有遗燕相国书者，夜书，火不明，因谓持烛者曰：‘举烛’，云而过书‘举烛’。……燕相白王，王大悦，国以治。治则治矣，非书意也。”
【用例】是不必然，亦不必不然，郢书燕说，固未为无益。（清·纪昀《阅微草堂笔记》卷四）
《韩非子‧外储说左上》；“郢人有遗燕相国书者，夜书，火不明，因谓持烛者曰：‘举烛’，云而过书‘举烛’。举烛，非书意也。
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1) натянутое объяснение; произвольное толкование
2) пекинский говор
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