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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