ruộng tình
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An allusion likening human feelings to the sage kings' field: from 'tình điền' (field of feelings), borrowing the Book of Rites' saying that the sage kings set up rites and righteousness to govern human feelings, so people's feelings are the sage kings' field.
vi Ông nội tôi dạy rằng muốn vun xới ruộng tình thì phải lấy lễ nghĩa làm đầu.
en My paternal grandfather taught that to cultivate the field of feelings, one must put rites and righteousness first.