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man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[])Sources & editorial notes
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Original source entry:
人之初，性本善 人之初，性本善 [ren2 zhi1 chu1 , xing4 ben3 shan4] /man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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