西狩获麟 (西狩獲麟) xī shòu huò lín

xī shòu huò lín phrase capture of the qilin at the western hunt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 16 符瑞 Auspicious and Ominous Signs in Scroll 6 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. 179)