寂寞无为 (寂寞無為) jìmò wúwèi
jìmò wúwèi
phrase
to be tranquil and let things take their own course
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 19 立元神 Establishment of the Primal Spirit in Scroll 6 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. 202)
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- 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
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 《天道》 The Way of Heaven Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 1