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Jin Xin II · 孟子 7B.10

Passage 10

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「周zhōu于yú利lì者zhě，兇xiōng年nián不bù能néng殺shā；周zhōu於wū德dé者zhě，邪xié世shì不bù能néng亂luàn。」

Mencius said, 'A bad year cannot prove the cause of death to him whose stores of gain are large; an age of corruption cannot confound him whose equipment of virtue is complete.'

First-principles reading

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