起贤才 (起賢才) qǐ xián cái
qǐ xián cái
phrase
to promote worthy and talented people
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 17 俞序 Yu's Preface in Scroll 6 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. 181)
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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