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。
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5 R, j! o- n9 I; v6 z1 V. N% A     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。

  B& p5 X0 a$ S* 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."

% Y  z( F; g5 y6 E2 ^& ]0 W3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

5 ^( P% p( v$ Z/ l) k     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."

5 k: y- h8 k! i$ w/ `0 f$ i4 ^4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

( l3 P# @4 y( |" y$ a     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

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mercurybird

还是中国话有味儿,一译完就觉得索然.做个中国人真好.