但你还是听信了谗言
“yet you still believed the slander”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your Majesty, you knew full well that Grand Tutor Wei was spouting nonsense,”
但你还是听信了谗言
“yet you still believed the slander”
将他流放了
“and exiled him.”
“You had no excuse, yet you chose to punish an innocent man anyway.”
Traditional Chinese historiography heavily faults emperors who fail to discern loyal ministers (忠臣) from slanderous flatterers (奸臣), making this charge a grave indictment of a ruler's virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to listen to and believe slander; to be swayed by malicious gossip
A classic formal four-character idiom frequently used in historical court drama to describe rulers misled by wicked courtiers.
still; nevertheless
Emphasizes that the action happened despite knowledge or expectations to the contrary.
Marks the completed realization of the tragic mistake or unjust outcome.
