良りょう知ち良りょう能のう

noun

innate intelligence and ability

A yojijukugo from Confucian thought, referring to the natural moral knowledge and capability that humans are born with. Used in philosophical or literary contexts.

• 良りょう知ち良りょう能のうは、孟もう子しの性せい善ぜん説せつに基もとづく概がい念ねんだ。

  Innate intelligence and ability is a concept based on Mencius's theory of the innate goodness of human nature.