愚人

愚人

1. (literary) stupid person; fool; simpleton

   • 尤二姐滴淚說道：「你們拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     尤二姐滴泪说道：“你们拿我作愚人待，什么事我不知。” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Yóu Èrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: “Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.” [Pinyin]

     Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.”

   • 鴻雁于飛，哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人，謂我劬勞。維彼愚人，謂我宣驕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸿雁于飞，哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人，谓我劬劳。维彼愚人，谓我宣骄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo'áo. Wéi cǐ zhérén, wèi wǒ qúláo. Wéi bǐ yúrén, wèi wǒ xuānjiāo. [Pinyin]

     The wild geese are flying about,
     And melancholy is their cry of ao-ao.
     There were they, wise men,
     who recognized our pain and toil;
     If they had been stupid men,
     They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.

愚人 (hiragana ぐじん, rōmaji gujin, alternative reading ぐにん, rōmaji gunin)

1. idiot

愚人 • (u-in) (hangeul 우인)

1. Hanja form^? of 우인 (“idiot”).