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118 ; taⁿ, – íⁿ-keng sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ--liáu,
 * now, — since that’s the way things are.


 * i kai só-íⁿ õi kám-tõng-nâng,
 * that whereby it moves people; motive power.


 * chûn só-íⁿ mān chiá, sĩ-lṳ́ m̄-pat bói-chháu khṳ̀-uāng,
 * the reason why the boat is slow is, that you did not buy straw and scorch the bottom.


 * i m̄-thiaⁿ kâi-uân-kù sĩ-i chip-ka-kī kâi-ì,
 * the reason why he wouldn’t listen is because he clings to his own notion.


 * sǹg-lâi sǹg-khṳ̀,
 * considering the matter to and fro.


 * chièⁿ-seⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ-lâi,
 * and so we may perceive.


 * chièⁿ-seⁿ khó-kièn,
 * and so it may be seen.


 * taⁿ, chiũ-khó-kièn sĩ-chò-nîⁿ?
 * now, then, that which may be perceived is what?


 * kù-chhṳ́ sǹg-khí-lâi,
 * and so I conclude.


 * phah-sǹg-thóiⁿ; tá-sǹg-thóiⁿ,
 * consider and note.


 * taⁿ, – sṳ̄ íⁿ-keng sĩ-chièⁿ-seⁿ--liáu – kù-chhṳ́,
 * now, — matters being thus and so, — therefore —.


 * mêng-mˆńg sĩ-chièⁿ-seⁿ,
 * obviously it is so.


 * o̍h-i kâi-ūe,
 * repeat or narrate his words.


 * o̍h-i kâi-lâi-le̍h,
 * narrate the circumstances of the affair, or tell its history.


 * o̍h-i kâi-khí-chí,
 * tell its beginning and ending.


 * o̍h-i kâi-uân-iû,
 * explain the cause or origin of it.


 * m̄-chai thâu-búe,
 * I don’t know head nor tail (of it).


 * m̄-chai thâu-sṳ̄,
 * I don’t know what the beginning of it was.


 * m̄-chai kiáu-búe,
 * I don’t know the issue or outcome of it.


 * i kâi kat-kúeⁿ,
 * its fruits; results.


 * i kâi suah-búe,
 * the issue; upshot.


 * sṳ̄-chhêng,
 * the circumstances; affairs.


 * uá liām-lṳ́-thiaⁿ,
 * I will narrate and you hear.


 * chiàⁿ-ì,
 * a right notion; a correct idea.


 * m̄-chiàⁿ-ì,
 * not a correct idea.


 * hó-ì,
 * a good motive.


 * m̄-chiàⁿ-iēⁿ,
 * not well formed; not a good manner.


 * kui-chiàⁿ--i,
 * set him right.


 * m̄-tùi,
 * not right; don’t correspond.


 * m̄-tùi-huap,
 * not according to rule.


 * chôiⁿ-ãu m̄-hû,
 * what precedes and what follows don’t correspond.


 * ha̍h-tie̍h soiⁿ-chai-nâng só-tàⁿ,
 * accords with what the prophet says.