为人者天 (為人者天) wéi rén zhě tiān
wéi rén zhě tiān
phrase
people were created by heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: title of Chapter 41 in Scroll 11 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. 363)
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- 卷十一 為人者天第四十一 五行之義第四十二 陽尊陰卑第四十三 王道通三第四十四 天容第四十五 天辨在人第四十六 陰陽位第四十七 Scroll 11 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1