大小不踰等 dà xiǎo bù yú děng

dà xiǎo bù yú děng phrase greater and lesser do not surpass their rank
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Notes: Quote: from Chapter 5 精華 Quintessence in Scroll 3 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 Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 122)