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Jin Xin I · 孟子 7A.10

Passage 10

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「待dài文wén王wáng而ér後hòu興xīng者zhě，凡fán民mín也yě。若ruò夫fū豪háo杰jié之zhī士shì，雖suī無wú文wén王wáng猶yóu興xīng。」

Mencius said, 'The mass of men wait for a king Wen, and then they will receive a rousing impulse. Scholars distinguished from the mass, without a king Wan, rouse themselves.'

First-principles reading

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