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Gao Zi II · 孟子 6B.16

Passage 16

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「教jiào亦yì多duō術shù矣yǐ。予yǔ不bú屑xiè之zhī教jiào誨huì也yě者zhě，是shì亦yì教jiào誨huì之zhī而ér已yǐ矣yǐ。」

Mencius said, 'There are many arts in teaching. I refuse, as inconsistent with my character, to teach a man, but I am only thereby still teaching him.'

First-principles reading

Begin with the words and context, expose the premise beneath the argument, then test the conditions and limits of the principle.