Use purple to confuse red(yǐ zǐ luàn zhū)
Use purple to confuse red
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ Z ǐ Lu à nzh ū, which means to refer to treacherous people as honest and just gentlemen. It comes from the Analects of Confucius Yang Huo.
Idioms and allusions
[source] in the Analects of Confucius, Yang Huo: "Confucius said:" those who are evil at Purple will seize Zhu ye, those who are evil at Zheng Sheng will disturb Ya Le, and those who are evil at Li Kou will conquer the state. " Confucius said, "I hate replacing red with purple, disturbing elegant music with Zheng's vocal music, and subverting the country with eloquence." [example] in the official admonitions written by Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty: "to be good at doing evil, to confuse the red with the purple."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: no distinction between good and evil
Chinese PinYin : yǐ zǐ luàn zhū
Use purple to confuse red
