敬贤 (敬賢) jìngxián
jìngxián
phrase
to respect the worthy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in Chapter 3 竹林 Bamboo Forest in Scroll 2 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (retranslated from Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 91; Guoyu '敬賢')
Contained in
- 敬贤礼士(敬賢禮士) to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship
- 敬贤重民(敬賢重民) to respect the worthy and honor the people
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷五十 孝明八王列傳 Volume 50: Biographies of Eight Princes of Xiaoming Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman Xunzi 荀子 — count: 1
- 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷三 越絕吳內傳第四 Scroll 3 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 1
- 《萬章章句下》 Commentary on Wan Zhang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
- 君子篇第二十四 Chapter 24: Lords Xunzi 荀子 — count: 1
- 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 卷十四 宗室四王三侯列傳 Volume 14: Biographies of the Imperial Clan, Four Princes and Three Marquises Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷十六 談叢 Chapter 16: Abundant Discussion Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
- 卷一百五十六 列傳第四十三: 董文炳 張弘範 Volume 156 Biographies 43: Dong Wenbing, Zhang Hongfan History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 敬贤下士 (敬賢下士) 敬賢下士 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye — count: 3
- 敬贤士 (敬賢士) 敬賢士 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 顯學第五十 Chapter 50: Scholarly Achievement — count: 3
- 敬贤乐 (敬賢樂) 敬賢樂士 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十四 宗室四王三侯列傳 Volume 14: Biographies of the Imperial Clan, Four Princes and Three Marquises — count: 2