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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.15

Passage 15

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「博bó學xué而ér詳xiáng說shuō之zhī，將jiāng以yǐ反fǎn說shuō約yuē也yě。」

Mencius said, 'In learning extensively and discussing minutely what is learned, the object of the superior man is that he may be able to go back and set forth in brief what is essential.'

First-principles reading

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