敬贤 (敬賢) jìngxián
jìngxián
phrase
to respect the worthy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in 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 (retranslated from Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 91; Guoyu '敬賢')
Contained in
- 敬贤礼士(敬賢禮士) to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship
- 敬贤重民(敬賢重民) to respect the worthy and honor the people
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷一百五十六 列傳第四十三: 董文炳 張弘範 Volume 156 Biographies 43: Dong Wenbing, Zhang Hongfan History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman Xunzi 荀子 — count: 1
- 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷一百七十八 列傳第六十五: 梁曾 劉敏中 王約 王結 宋衜 張伯淳 Volume 178 Biographies 65: Liang Ceng, Liu Minzhong, Wang Yue, Wang Jie, Song Dao, Zhang Bochun History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷四十二 光武十王列傳 Volume 42: Biographies of Ten Princes of Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 第一回 Chapter 1 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 卷十五 魏書十五 劉司馬梁張溫賈傳 Volume 15: Book of Wei 15 - Biographies of Liu, Sima, Liang, Zhang, Wen, and Jia Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
Collocations
- 敬贤士 (敬賢士) 敬賢士 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 顯學第五十 Chapter 50: Scholarly Achievement — count: 3
- 敬贤娇丽 (敬賢嬌麗) 敬賢下士 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye — count: 3
- 敬贤乐 (敬賢樂) 敬賢樂士 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十四 宗室四王三侯列傳 Volume 14: Biographies of the Imperial Clan, Four Princes and Three Marquises — count: 2