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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.13

Passage 13

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「養yǎng生shēng者zhě，不bù足zú以yǐ當dāng大dà事shì，惟wéi送sòng死sǐ可kě以yǐ當dāng大dà事shì。」

Mencius said, 'The nourishment of parents when living is not sufficient to be accounted the great thing. It is only in the performing their obsequies when dead that we have what can be considered the great thing.'

First-principles reading

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