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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.12

Passage 12

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「大dà人rén者zhě，不bù失shī其qí赤chì子zǐ之zhī心xīn者zhě也yě。」

Mencius said, 'The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.'

First-principles reading

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