大道之行也 dà dào zhī xíng yě — when the great Way prevails (classical opening)

Definitions

1. when the great Way prevails (classical opening)

Examples

• 《礼记》开篇便说：大道之行也，天下为公。

  The Book of Rites opens: when the great Way prevails, the world belongs to all.

• 大道之行也，讲的是天下大同的理想。

  The phrase evokes the ideal of a universal commonwealth.