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"1": "無 念 爾 祖，聿 脩 厥 德。\n^永 言 配 命，自.求.多.福。",
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"expansion": "無念爾祖，聿脩厥德。\n永言配命，自求多福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]无念尔祖，聿脩厥德。\n永言配命，自求多福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú niàn ěr zǔ, yù xiū jué dé.\nYǒng yán pèi mìng, zì qiú duō fú. [Pinyin]\nEver think of your ancestor, Cultivating your virtue,\nAlways striving to accord with the will [of Heaven]. So shall you be seeking for much happiness.",
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"etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 235 (《詩經·大雅·文王》):\n:\n無念爾祖，聿脩厥德。\n永言配命，自求多福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]无念尔祖，聿脩厥德。\n永言配命，自求多福。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWú niàn ěr zǔ, yù xiū jué dé.\nYǒng yán pèi mìng, zì qiú duō fú. [Pinyin]\nEver think of your ancestor, Cultivating your virtue,\nAlways striving to accord with the will [of Heaven]. So shall you be seeking for much happiness.",
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