不知有漢，何論魏晉

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)	the Wei and Jin dynasties
trad. (不知有漢，何論魏晉)		不知	有	漢	，	何	論	魏晉
simp. (不知有汉，何论魏晋)		不知	有	汉	，	何	论	魏晋
Literally: “does not know of the existence of the Han dynasty, let alone Wei or Jin”.

Etymology

Part of a line from The Peach Blossom Spring.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhī yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄢˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ leon⁶ ngai⁶ zeon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄢˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ yu³ Han⁴, ho² lun⁴ Wei⁴ Chin⁴
  - Yale: bù-jr̄ yǒu Hàn-, hé lwùn Wèi Jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy yeou Hann, her luenn Wey Jinn
  - Palladius: бучжи ю Хань, хэ лунь Вэй Цзинь (bučži ju Xanʹ, xɛ lunʹ Vɛj Czinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ leon⁶ ngai⁶ zeon³
  - Yale: bāt jī yáuh hon, hòh leuhn ngaih jeun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ loen⁶ ngai⁶ dzoen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ yeo⁵ hon³, ho⁴ lên⁶ ngei⁶ zên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ hɔːn³³ hɔː²¹ lɵn²² ŋɐi̯²² t͡sɵn³³/

Phrase

不知有漢，何論魏晉

to be blissfully unaware of the surrounding world

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