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。

1 l3 Y# j( @. w. q; [, f, G( ]     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?"

2、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。

! f8 k5 H' N; E- J     "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."
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5 Z# K2 ]9 B0 `8 |. u3 X+ u3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

' \5 `; K7 J" b2 m; L! V. k1 ?     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."
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/ }0 V" T7 X. p3 h5 ~3 j4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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% ]/ n$ d1 s3 V8 r% ?+ e  f% \  ~     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.