乞师取谷 (乞師取穀) qǐ shī qǔ gǔ
          
              qǐ shī qǔ gǔ 
              
              phrase 
              requested soldiers to invade [the Qi territory] of Gu 
              Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
              
              
              
              
                Notes: Quote: from Chapter 9 隨本消息 Along with the Rise and Fall 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. 160)