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Quote by Qian Daxin
今之學者，讀古人書，多訾古人之失；與今人居，亦樂稱人失。
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The sentence points to a repeated habit of fault-finding. People criticize mistakes in old books, then carry the same attitude into daily life by highlighting the faults of those around them. The contrast suggests that changing from ancient people to modern people does not change the critic’s focus: they keep looking for what is wrong in others.
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