{"path":"/entry/48512","title":"拨乱反正 / 撥亂反正 (bō luàn fǎn zhèng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"拨乱反正 / 撥亂反正 (bō luàn fǎn zhèng): bring order out of chaos. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":48512,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["拨乱反正"],"TRADITIONAL":["撥亂反正"]}},"phonetic":"bō luàn fǎn zhèng","phoneticKey":"bo1 luan4 fan3 zheng4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"bring order out of chaos","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":33189,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Commentary of Gongyang:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"The character 撥 in this phrase is traditionally glossed as 治 (zhì, “to impose order; to govern/manage; to repair/cure; etc.”) — for instance by He Xiu (何休, 129–182 CE) and Yan Shigu (顏師古, 581–645 CE) — whereas 亂 is interpreted as \"disordered; chaotic; upside-down\". Alternatively (and rarely), 亂 is used as a verb that means \"to apply order; to arrange; to manage\", and is considered a synonym of 撥 here.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"君子曷为为《春秋》？拨乱世，反诸正，莫近诸《春秋》。","traditional":"君子曷為為《春秋》？撥亂世，反諸正，莫近諸《春秋》。"},"phonetic":"Jūnzǐ héwèi wéi “Chūnqiū”? Bō luànshì, fǎn zhū zhèng, mò jìn zhū “Chūnqiū”.","english":"For what (purpose) did the Noble One compose the Spring and Autumn Annals? To repair a chaotic world and redress it in goodness and justice — there is no other way closer to (achieving this ideal) than (the meanings contained in the words of) the Spring and Autumn.","ref":"Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}