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Jin Xin II · 孟子 7B.18

Passage 18

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「君jūn子zǐ之zhī戹è於wū陳chén、蔡cài之zhī間jiàn，無wú上shàng下xià之zhī交jiāo也yě。」

Mencius said, 'The reason why the superior man was reduced to straits between Chen and Cai was because neither the princes of the time nor their ministers sympathized or communicated with him.'

First-principles reading

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