Jin Xin I · 孟子 7A.17
Passage 17
孟子曰：「無為其所不為，無欲其所不欲，如此而已矣。」
Mencius said, 'Let a man not do what his own sense of righteousness tells him not to do, and let him not desire what his sense of righteousness tells him not to desire - to act thus is all he has to do.'
First-principles reading
Begin with the words and context, expose the premise beneath the argument, then test the conditions and limits of the principle.