Bo Yu knows the wrong

Bo Yu knows the wrong

Bo Yu Zhifei is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is B ó y ù zh ī f ē I, which means that it was wrong before. It comes from Huainanzi yuandaoxun.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi yuandaoxun" said: "so Yuanbo was fifty years old, but not forty-nine years old."

Idioms and allusions

Jue Boyu was born in the state of Wei in the spring and Autumn period. Once, he sent someone to the state of Lu to visit his friend Confucius. Confucius invited someone to sit down and asked him, "how is Boyu?" The man said, "Bo Yu wants to reduce her fault, but she can't do it." After the man left. Confucius said: "Bo Yu sent a very competent person." He is modest and cautious, and always reflects on his own behavior. Huainanzi says: "he is fifty years old and knows that forty-nine years is not."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to a cognitive error