寂寞无为 (寂寞無為) jìmò wúwèi
jìmò wúwèi
phrase
to be tranquil and let things take their own course
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 19 立元神 Establishment of the Primal Spirit 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. 202)
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