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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.4

Passage 04

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「無wú罪zuì而ér殺shā士shì，則zé大dài夫fu可kě以yǐ去qù；無wú罪zuì而ér戮lù民mín，則zé士shì可kě以yǐ徙xǐ。」

Mencius said, 'When scholars are put to death without any crime, the great officers may leave the country. When the people are slaughtered without any crime, the scholars may remove.'

First-principles reading

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