大たい人じんは赤せき子しの心こころを失うしなわず

expression

great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people

Proverb from Mencius, used to express that true wisdom or virtue retains a pure, childlike heart. The second gloss reflects a more political interpretation.

• 「大たい人じんは赤せき子しの心こころを失うしなわず」という言こと葉ばは、孟もう子しに由ゆ来らいする。

  The saying 'A great person never loses the heart of a child' originates from Mencius.

• 彼かれはいつも純じゅん粋すいで、まさに大たい人じんは赤せき子しの心こころを失うしなわずだ。

  He is always pure-hearted; truly, a great person never loses the innocence of childhood.