违大命 (違大命) wéi dà mìng

wéi dà mìng phrase to violate the Mandate of Heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Scroll 10, Chapter 35 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 Chan 1963, p. 276)