Tuesday, October 11, 2022

千字文 / The Thousand Character Classic, part 53

德建名立
dé jiàn míng lì

"A name built on established virtue"


Or, if you want to continue with the exhortatory style, "build a name on established virtue." Either way, sounds like a slogan you'd see attached to a 20th century manufacturing company.

On an unrelated note, I recommend Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan's latest album, Districts, Roads, Open Space. It's not necessarily an ideal soundtrack for reading classical Chinese, but then again, it's not not an ideal soundtrack for reading classical Chinese.

微臣
史大偉

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