轻众而丧师 (輕眾而喪師) qīng zhòng ér sàng shī

qīng zhòng ér sàng shī phrase to belittle the people and mourn the death of soldiers
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)