See 盡信書不如無書 on Wiktionary
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"english": "Mencius said, \"It would be better to be without the Book of Documents than to give entire credit to it. In the 'Completion of the War', I select two or three passages only, which I believe. The benevolent man has no enemy under heaven. When the prince the most benevolent was engaged against him who was the most the opposite, how could the blood of the people have flowed till it floated the pestles of the mortars?\"",
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"text": "孟子曰：「盡信《書》，則不如無《書》。吾於《武成》，取二三策而已矣。仁人無敵於天下。以至仁伐至不仁，而何其血之流杵也？」",
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"text": "孟子曰：「尽信《书》，则不如无《书》。吾于《武成》，取二三策而已矣。仁人无敌于天下。以至仁伐至不仁，而何其血之流杵也？」",
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"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨ"
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"zh-pron": "jinn shinn shu buru wu shu"
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"zh-pron": "цзинь синь шу бужу у шу"
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"zh-pron": "zên⁶ sên³ xu¹ bed¹ yu⁴ mou⁴ xu¹"
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"text": "孟子曰：「尽信《书》，则不如无《书》。吾于《武成》，取二三策而已矣。仁人无敌于天下。以至仁伐至不仁，而何其血之流杵也？」",
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"zh-pron": "jeuhn seun syū bāt yùh mòuh syū"
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"zh-pron": "zên⁶ sên³ xu¹ bed¹ yu⁴ mou⁴ xu¹"
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