威而不失 wēi ér bù shī

wēi ér bù shī phrase majestic and without faults
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 18 離合根 Separation and Reunion with the Source 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. 200)