敬贤重民 (敬賢重民) jìng xián zhòng mín
jìng xián zhòng mín
phrase
to respect the worthy and honor the people
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 3 竹林 Bamboo Forest in Scroll 2 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 Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 91)
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- 卷二 竹林第三 Scroll 2 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1