受命乎天 shòu mìng hū tiān
shòu mìng hū tiān
phrase
the mandate is received from Heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Scroll 13, Chapter 56 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Chan 1963, p. 280)
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- 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一 Scroll 13 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1