身之养重于义 (身之養重於義) shēn zhī yǎng zhòng yú yì

shēn zhī yǎng zhòng yú yì phrase the importance righteousness in proper nourishing the self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: title of Chapter 31 in Scroll 9 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. 324)

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