指鹿为马 (zhǐ lù wéi mǎ): making a deer out to be a horse ; deliberate misrepresentation

指zhǐ鹿lù为wéi马mǎ

making a deer out to be a horse ; deliberate misrepresentation

A minister called a deer a horse to see who would contradict him. For a lie asserted as a loyalty test.

A Chinese idiom (成语)