Jin Xin II · 孟子 7B.26
Passage 26
孟子曰:「逃墨必歸於楊,逃楊必歸於儒。歸,斯受之而已矣。今之與楊、墨辯者,如追放豚,既入其苙,又從而招之。」
Mencius said, 'Those who are fleeing from the errors of Mo naturally turn to Yang, and those who are fleeing from the errors of Yang naturally turn to orthodoxy. When they so turn, they should at once and simply be received. Those who nowadays dispute with the followers of Yang and Mo do so as if they were pursuing a stray pig, the leg of which, after they have got it to enter the pen, they proceed to tie.'
First-principles reading
Begin with the words and context, expose the premise beneath the argument, then test the conditions and limits of the principle.