Li Lou I · 孟子 4A.25

Passage 25

孟mèng子zǐ謂wèi樂lè正zhèng子zǐ曰yuē：「子zǐ之zhī從cóng於wū子zǐ敖áo來lái，徒tú餔bū啜chuò也yě。我wǒ不bú意yì子zǐ學xué古gǔ之zhī道dào而ér以yǐ餔bū啜chuò也yě。」

Mencius, addressing the disciple Yue Zheng, said to him, 'Your coming here in the train of Zi Ao was only because of the food and the drink. I could not have thought that you, having learned the doctrine of the ancients, would have acted with a view to eating and drinking.'

First-principles reading

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