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人非生而知之者，孰能無惑 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 [ren2 fei1 sheng1 er2 zhi1 zhi1 zhe3 , shu2 neng2 wu2 huo4] /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])/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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Other forms in these source records: 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑
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