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      公都子问曰:“钧[1]是人也,或为大人,
或为小人,何也?”

      孟 子 曰:“ 从[2] 其 大 体[3] 为 大 人, 从
其小体[4]为小人。”

      曰:“钧是人也,或从其大体,或从其小体,
何也?”

      曰:“耳目之官[5]不思,而蔽于物,物
交物[6],则引之而已矣。心之官则思,思则得之,
不思则不得也。此天之所与我者,先立乎其大
者,则其小者弗能夺也。此为大人而已矣。”

      The disciple Gongdu said, “All are equally men,
but some are great men, and some are little men; —
how is this?”

      Mencius replied, “Those who follow that part
of themselves which is great are great men; those
who follow that part which is little are little men.”

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