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백문불여일견

백문불여일견

Korean

Proverb

백문불여일견 • ‎(baengmunburyeoilgyeon) ‎(hanja 百聞不如一見)

  1. seeing is believing (maybe worth the empiricist and positivist classic dictum).
    • 漢書 卷六十九 趙充國辛慶忌傳
      時，充國年七十餘，上老之，使御史大夫丙吉問誰可將者，充國對曰：「亡逾於老臣者矣。」上遣問焉，曰：「將軍度羌虜何如，當用幾人？」充國曰：「百聞不如一見。兵難逾度，臣願馳至金城，圖上方略。然羌戎小夷，逆天背畔，滅亡不久，願陛下以屬老臣，勿以為憂。」上笑曰：「諾。」

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 百聞不如一見 Literally, "hearing a hundred times is no better than seeing once," as mentioned during 62-60 B.C. by General Zhao Chongguo (趙充國) of Han Dynasty, as recorded in the biography Zhao Chongguo and Xin Qingji (趙充國辛慶忌傳), No. 69 of Book of Han (漢書).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̝ŋmun puɾjʌ̹ iɭɡjʌ̹n/
  • Phonetic hangeul: 뱅문 부려 일견
Romanizations
Revised transcription baengmun buryeo ilgyeon
Revised transliteration baegmun bul-yeo ilgyeon
McCune–Reischauer paengmun buryŏ ilgyŏn
Yale paykmun pul.ye ilkyen

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