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Li Lou I · 孟子 4A.26

Passage 26

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「不bú孝xiào有yǒu三sān，無wú後hòu爲wéi大dà。舜shùn不bú告gào而ér娶qǔ，爲wéi無wú後hòu也yě，君jūn子zǐ以yǐ爲wéi猶yóu告gào也yě。」

Mencius said, 'There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. Shun married without informing his parents because of this, lest he should have no posterity. Superior men consider that his doing so was the same as if he had informed them.'

First-principles reading

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