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  1. 學問道德前輩聞道先達」。文選·任昉·揚州》:故以暉映先達領袖後進。」拍案驚奇·○》:出場考卷謄寫出來請教幾個先達幾個朋友無不。」

famous and virtuous ancestors, the great men of the past