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See also: 务本

		affair; business; matter	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (務本)		務	本
simp. (务本)		务	本

務本

(archaic) to concentrate on the essentials, to concentrate on the foundation
- c. 479 BCE – 221 BCE, Analects of Confucius
  君子務本，本立而道生。
  The ideal man concentrates on essentials. Having established the essentials, the (correct) path is produced.