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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.32

Passage 32

儲chǔ子zǐ曰yuē：「王wáng使shǐ人rén瞷jiàn夫fū子zǐ，果guǒ有yǒu以yǐ異yì於wū人rén乎hū？」孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「何hé以yǐ異yì於wū人rén哉zāi？堯yáo、舜shùn與yǔ人rén同tóng耳ěr。」

The officer Chu said to Mencius, 'Master, the king sent persons to spy out whether you were really different from other men.' Mencius said, 'How should I be different from other men? Yao and Shun were just the same as other men.'

First-principles reading

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