人非生而知之者，孰能无惑 in English ren2 fei1 sheng1 er2 zhi1 zhi1 zhe3 , shu2 neng2 wu2 huo4 Meaning

Meanings

• Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
• We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (that is to say without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])

Pinyin

ren2 fei1 sheng1 er2 zhi1 zhi1 zhe3 , shu2 neng2 wu2 huo4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

人ren2man 非fei1abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 生sheng1to be born 而er2and 知zhi1to know 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 者zhe3(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... ， 孰shu2who 能neng2surname Neng 无wu2not to have 惑huo4to confuse