检民以德 (檢民以德) jiǎn mín yǐ dé

jiǎn mín yǐ dé phrase restrain the people to live with virtue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
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. 57)