莫能当善 (莫能當善) mò néng dāng shàn
mò néng dāng shàn
phrase
cannot be accepted as wholesome
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Scroll 10, Chapter 35 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 tr. by Chan 1963, p. 278)