天地之前 tiān dì zhī qián

tiān dì zhī qián phrase before heaven and earth
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 (Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 172)

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• 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

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• 在乎天地之前 (在乎天地之前) 乃在乎天地之前 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷三 玉英第四 精華第五　Scroll 3 — count: 2