ˇㄖㄣˊrénㄈㄟˋfèiㄧㄢˊyán

  1. 考慮說話言論是否合理身分品貌不合不採意見三國志·四七··主權》:小臣以人廢言不採?」舊唐書··陸贄》:明主不以以人廢言。」

to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)​; to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case