天命成败 (天命成敗) tiān mìng chéng bài

tiān mìng chéng bài phrase success and failure are determined by the mandate of heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 9 隨本消息 Along with the Rise and Fall in Scroll 5 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. 159)

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