指社会生活与文学艺术等领域以邪乱正、真伪混淆的现象。朱指红色,古人认为是正色,而紫色则看作杂色,“夺”是胜过的意思。
This refers to evil prevailing over good and falsehood being mistaken for truth in literature and art as well as in social life. It is red, not purple, that was viewed as a truly proper color by the ancient Chinese.
——《中华思想文化术语》