"Mencius" Detailed Explanation 169 Su zi on 12 now there is no name of the finger bent and do not believe (watermelon video synchronization)

11.12 Now there are nameless fingers who bend and do not believe

11.12 [sic]

Mencius said: "Now there are nameless fingers who bend and do not believe, and those who do not suffer from diseases and harms, and those who can believe are not far from the path of Qin and Chu, because the fingers are not as good as people (1)." It means that if one is not like a man, one knows evil, and if one is not like a man, one does not know evil: this is called ignorance of classes (2). ”

11.12 [General Interpretation]

Mencius said: "For example, if someone bends and straightens his ring finger, it is not painful to hinder things, and if anyone can straighten his finger, he will not seek medical treatment on the way to the Qin kingdom and the Chu kingdom, which is because the finger is inferior to others." Fingers are not as healthy as others and know that the heart is uncomfortable, and if the heart is not as kind as others, there is no uncomfortable feeling: this is called not knowing what kind of person you are. ”

11.12 [Notes]

(1) Now there are nameless fingers bent and do not believe, non-disease and harm, if there are people who can believe, they are not far from the road of Qin chu, for the sake of referring to people: for example, someone with a ring finger bent and not straight, it is not painful to hinder things, if there is anyone who can make the finger straight, it is not far away to the Qin State and the Chu State, for the sake of the finger is not as good as others. Now, for example, this is a matter of reasoning. Flexed, bent. And, it is equivalent to "holding". Unbelief, can't straighten out. Letter, pass "stretch". No, not really. Pain, pain, pain. Harmful, obstructive. The second "letter", to make use of the law, to make ... straighten. Etymology, refers to the fingers. Far, as a verb, as a verb, as a verb, as a verb, as a For the distance, put ... See far away. The road of Qin and Chu, the road of the Qin state and the state of Chu. For, prepositions, for... for the sake of.

(2) It means that if the person is not as good as the person, he knows the evil, and if the heart is not as good as the person, he does not know the evil: the finger is not as healthy as others and knows that the heart is uncomfortable, and the heart is not as good as others, so he does not feel uncomfortable: this is called not knowing what kind of person he is. Know, know, realize. Evil, feeling deficient in the heart, feeling uncomfortable. The second "of", placed between the subject-verb phrase "this" and "the predicate does not know the class also", cancels the independence of the phrase. I don't know the class, I don't know how to classify it, I don't know what kind of person I am. Class, category.

11.12[Interpretations and reviews]

Mencius was very good at reasoning by analogy and analogy, and was good at finding problems and telling profound truths from phenomena that people often inadvertently did not. People go to Qin Chu to seek healing because their nameless fingers, which are not painful and obstructive, but have no feelings for themselves "whose hearts are not as good as people", which is the same as the reason why the chicken dog in the previous chapter knows what to ask for but lets go of his heart but does not know how to ask.