中国为礼 (中國為禮) zhōng guó wèi lǐ

zhōng guó wèi lǐ phrase the Central States should perform the appropriate ceremonies
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 3 竹林 Bamboo Forest in Scroll 2 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. 91)

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