形左實右

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	left	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	right (-hand)
trad. (形左實右)		形	左	實	右
simp. (形左实右)		形	左	实	右

Etymology

From Bombard the Headquarters, a big-character poster written by Mao Zedong shortly after the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.

聯繫到一九六二年的右傾和一九六四年形「左」而實右的錯誤傾向，豈不是可以發人深醒的嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

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联系到一九六二年的右倾和一九六四年形「左」而实右的错误倾向，岂不是可以发人深醒的吗？ [MSC, simp.]

From: 1966, Mao Zedong, Bombard The Headquarters – My Big-Character Poster

Liánxì dào yījiǔliù'èr nián de yòuqīng hé yījiǔliùsì nián xíng “zuǒ” ér shí yòu de cuòwù qīngxiàng, qǐ bùshì kěyǐ fārénshēnxǐng de ma? [Pinyin]

Viewed in connection with the Right deviation in 1962 and the wrong tendency of 1964 which was ‘Left’ in form but Right in essence, shouldn’t this make one wide awake?

(Note: some editions did not have the "而".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngzuǒshíyòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngzuǒshíyòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngzuǒshíhyòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-tso³-shih²-yu⁴
    • Yale: syíng-dzwǒ-shŕ-yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngtzuooshyryow
    • Palladius: синцзошию (sinczošiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

形左實右

1. (politics) left in form but right in essence