"盡信書不如無書" meaning in Chinese

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        "2": "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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  "etymology_text": "From Mencius:\n:\n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？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]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？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE\nMèngzǐ yuē: “Jìn xìn “shū”, zé bùrú wú “shū”. Wú yú “Wǔchéng”, qǔ èrsān cè éryǐ yǐ. Rénrén wúdí yú tiānxià. Yǐ zhì rén fá zhì bùrén, ér héqí xuè zhī liú chǔ yě?” [Pinyin]\nMencius 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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      "zh-pron": "jìn xìn shū bùrú wú shū"
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      "zh-pron": "цзинь синь шу бужу у шу"
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      "zh-pron": "jeuhn seun syū bāt yùh mòuh syū"
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      "zh-pron": "dzoen⁶ soen³ sy¹ bat⁷ jy⁴ mou⁴ sy¹"
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      "zh-pron": "zên⁶ sên³ xu¹ bed¹ yu⁴ mou⁴ xu¹"
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      "ipa": "/t͡sɵn²² sɵn³³ syː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ mou̯²¹ syː⁵⁵/",
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