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Jin Xin II · 孟子 7B.11

Passage 11

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「好hǎo名míng之zhī人rén能néng讓ràng千qiān乘chéng之zhī國guó。茍jì非fēi其qí人rén，簞dān食shí、豆dòu羹gēng見jiàn於wū色sè。」

Mencius said, 'A man who loves fame may be able to decline a State of a thousand chariots; but if he be not really the man to do such a thing, it will appear in his countenance, in the matter of a dish of rice or a platter of soup.'

First-principles reading

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