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人非生而知之者，孰能无惑

rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò

12-character word Traditional 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑

What 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 means

1. Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
2. We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu {韩愈|Hán Yù})

The characters in 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑

• 人rénperson; people
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 孰shúwho; which; what
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled