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Jin Xin I · 孟子 7A.4

Passage 04

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「萬wàn物wù皆jiē備bèi於wū我wǒ矣yǐ，反fǎn身shēn而ér誠chéng，樂lè莫mò大dà焉yān。強qiáng恕shù而ér行xíng，求qiú仁rén莫mò近jìn焉yān。」

Mencius said, 'All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. If one acts with a vigorous effort at the law of reciprocity, when he seeks for the realization of perfect virtue, nothing can be closer than his approximation to it.'

First-principles reading

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