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Jin Xin I · 孟子 7A.6

Passage 06

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「人rén不bù可kě以yǐ無wú恥chǐ。無wú恥chǐ之zhī恥chǐ，無wú恥chǐ矣yǐ。」

Mencius said, 'A man may not be without shame. When one is ashamed of having been without shame, he will afterwards not have occasion to be ashamed.'

First-principles reading

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