Helping Others Grow
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English translation
Original Chinese text
孟子曰:“中也养不中,才也养不才,故人乐有贤父兄也。如中也弃不中,才也弃不才,则贤不肖之相去,其间不能以寸。”
English translation
Mencius said, “Those of sound moral character nurture those who have not yet attained it; those with ability nurture those without it. That is why people are glad to have worthy fathers and elder brothers. If those of sound character abandoned those who had not yet attained it, and the able abandoned the unable, the distance between the worthy and unworthy would be less than an inch.”