YǐngshūYānshuō

Traditional: 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"