使民以时 (使民以時) shǐmínyǐshí

shǐmínyǐshí phrase to employ people at the proper season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Book 1 學而 Xue Er of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, p. 4)