不以人废言

bù yǐ rén fèi yán

not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers

不

bù

no; not so

以

yǐ

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

人

rén

person; people

废

fèi

variant of 廢|废[fei4]

言

yán

words