民畏其威 mín wèi qí wēi

mín wèi qí wēi phrase the people will admire his authority
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Notes: Quote: from Scroll 1, Chapter 4 of 新語 “New Discussions,” by 陸賈 Lu Jia, d. 170 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Csikszentmihalyi 2006, p. 55)