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One Who Does Not Lose the Heart of a Newborn
Growing used to the world's cruelty, do I call the clear heart within me 'naivety' and cast it off?
The great person is one who has not lost the heart of a newborn child.
Mencius called the great person one who has not lost the heart of a newborn — not the ignorance of one who knows nothing of the world, but a clarity not yet hardened.
📝The Classic Answers
Mencius called the great person one who has not lost the heart of a newborn — not the ignorance of one who knows nothing of the world, but a clarity not yet hardened. When an abandoned child passes through every abuse and keeps his gentleness, that clarity is not weakness but a strength held onto. A society's justice shows in how it treats its most defenseless child. Before mistaking a growing hardness for maturity, I choose to look again at what clarity is worth keeping.
🌱Apply It Today
If you suppressed a clear-hearted impulse today as 'naive,' ask again whether it is to be cast off or kept.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
