Usage of the character 郢
Yǐng
郢
[郢]
- Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣／江陵县
Yǐngshū Yānshuō
郢书燕说
[郢書燕說]
- 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"