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 _- }% V; k- J
     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。
- c  U9 ?% b% ^; h1 v- [, B# r7 f
+ B. s4 Z3 k9 v- N     "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."

  f. L/ Y/ V5 Y$ {/ o! T4 }3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

: n' h* [( c  M( U     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."
0 C* P9 I- C# }0 s0 l5 h/ a1 `
. N. A+ F( q/ C+ [" o# n+ \+ z+ h4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

& g) W9 s6 ]% B. @" g     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.