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Jin Xin I · 孟子 7A.5

Passage 05

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「行xíng之zhī而ér不bú著zhù焉yān，習xí矣yǐ而ér不bù察chá焉yān，終zhōng身shēn由yóu之zhī而ér不bù知zhī其qí道dào者zhě，眾zhòng也yě。」

Mencius said, 'To act without understanding, and to do so habitually without examination, pursuing the proper path all the life without knowing its nature - this is the way of multitudes.'

First-principles reading

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