以人废言

yǐ rén fèi yán

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

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