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    Supports→Human beings are naturally endowed with a heart sensitive to the suffering of others, which is the beginning of the virtue of benevolence (ren).

    If a man were suddenly to see a young child about to fall into a well, he would certainly be moved to compassion.

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    What are the four beginnings of morality? In 2A6 human nature (ren xing) it is said that no person is devoid of a heart (the word for heart in Chinese stands for the seat of thinking and feeling, hence often translated as “the mind”) sensitive to the suffering of others, and to illustrate this beginning, Mencius asks us to suppose that a man were suddenly to see a young child about to fall into a well. Such a man would certainly be moved to compassion, not because he wanted to get in the good gr

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