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。

# f5 C* b. s: p     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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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。

     "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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' r" T6 B5 s, {6 U3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
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, y5 u8 F7 }: w4 T! Z' [/ @1 @! Y     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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4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

5 _; ?( L5 }& B& ^1 H0 j/ B& e9 E     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.