天高其位 tiān gāo qí wèi

tiān gāo qí wèi phrase Heaven keeps its high position
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Scroll 17, Chapter 78 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 Queen 1999, p. 289)

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• 卷六 服制像第十四 二端第十五 符瑞第十六 俞序第十七 離合根第十八 立元神第十九 保位權第二十　Scroll 6 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1
• 卷十七 天地之行第七十八 威德所生第七十九 如天之為第八十 天地陰陽第八十一 天道施第八十二　Scroll 17 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1