安能善 ān néng shàn

ān néng shàn phrase How could they be good?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
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. 275)