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Li Lou II · 孟子 4B.9

Passage 09

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「言yán人rén之zhī不bú善shàn，當dāng如rú後hòu患huàn何hé？」

Mencius said, 'What future misery have they and ought they to endure, who talk of what is not good in others!'

First-principles reading

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