万物母 (萬物母) wànwù mǔ
          
              wànwù mǔ 
              
              phrase 
              mother of the myriad living things 
              Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
              
                , Subdomain:  
              
              
                , Concept:  
              
              
              
                Notes: Quote: from Scroll 17, Chapter 78 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 Queen 1999, p. 290)