ㄧㄥˇㄕㄨㄧㄢㄕㄨㄛyǐngshū‑yānshuō

郢书燕说
  1. 韓非子記載夜間丞相光線昏暗便命令身邊燭火同時之後崇尚光明舉薦賢能比喻曲解原意穿鑿附會

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[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"