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人非生而知之者，孰能无惑【rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò】

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])

人非生而知之者，孰能无惑【rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò】

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])

人

HSK 11

含义man; people; mankind; someone else

拼音rén

非

HSK 12

含义not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175

拼音fēi

生

HSK 11

含义life, living, lifetime; birth

拼音shēng

而

HSK 23

含义and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126

拼音ér

知

HSK 11

含义know, perceive, comprehend

拼音zhī

之

HSK 42

含义marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to

拼音zhī

者

HSK 24

含义that which; he who; those who

拼音zhě

孰

含义who? which? what? which one?

拼音shú

能

HSK 11

含义to be able; can, permitted to; ability

拼音néng

无

HSK 4

含义negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

拼音wú

惑

HSK 7-95

含义confuse, mislead, baffle; doubt

拼音huò