先王 xiānwáng

xiānwáng set phrase former kings; sage-kings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: For example, 先王之道斯為美 'In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the excellent quality.' (Lunyu 1:12)

Also contained in

先王之政先王之乐先王之道

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations