Famous Words from"The Four Books" “四书”名句选飨

潜水员

1、子曰：学而时习之，不亦说乎;有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。

7 O% c3 H+ N& ?) i2 b     The Master said:"Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?Is it not pleasant to have friends coming from distant quarters?"
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3 o; P" C/ |8 R8 u7 h4 U2、吾日三省吾身，为人谋而不忠乎，与朋友交，而不信乎，传不习乎。
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     "I daily examine myself on three points;----whether,in transacting business for others,I may have been not faithful;----whether,in intercourse with friends,I may have been not sincere;----whether,I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher."

3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
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$ w* Q, p6 N# ]& z5 l     The Master said:"He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning,and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors."

1 I9 \. G/ l; M6 x+ R- Q( Q: }4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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4 R) t5 ~! v7 O! r5 h$ p     The Master said:"When the year becomes cold,then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lost their leaves."

connie

up!

mercurybird

还是中国话有味儿,一译完就觉得索然.做个中国人真好.