人非生而知之者，孰能无惑
Traditional: 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑Dictionary entry
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
What does 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 mean?
人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 (rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò) has the following dictionary meaning.
1Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
2We 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])
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人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]非Fēiabbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur而érand · as well as知zhīto know · to be aware之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...孰shúwho · which
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