万物之本 (萬物之本) wàn wù zhī běn
wàn wù zhī běn
phrase
the source of the myriad things
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 13 重政 The Importance of Governance in Scroll 5 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. 172)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 水地第三十九 Chapter 39: Water and Earth Guanzi 管子 — count: 2
- 《天道》 The Way of Heaven Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 1
- 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 1
- 卷九 身之養重於義第三十一 對膠西王越大夫不得為仁第三十二 觀德第三十三 奉本第三十四 Scroll 9 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1
- 卷三 玉英第四 精華第五 Scroll 3 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1
- 卷五 滅國上第七 滅國下第八 隨本消息第九 盟會要第十 正貫第十一 十指第十二 重政第十三 Scroll 5 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1
- 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
Collocations
- 万物之本原 (萬物之本原) 萬物之本原 — Guanzi 管子, 水地第三十九 Chapter 39: Water and Earth — count: 2