平章百姓 piánzhāng bǎixìng
          
              piánzhāng bǎixìng 
              
              set phrase 
              distinguish and honor the many clans 
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                Notes: Quote: idiom from the text 尚書 “Book of History”, 堯典 Canon of Yao (Guoyu '平章百姓'; Legge 1865, vol. 3, part 1, p. 17; Watson B, David S Nivison, and Irene Bloom 1999, p. 29)