文约而法明 (文約而法明) wén yuē ér fǎ míng

wén yuē ér fǎ míng phrase the text is concise but the method is apparent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 1 in Scroll 1 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. 67)