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。

( H7 V& l5 t5 c5 F) w2 j# G# K! m+ Y     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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' T1 l7 d8 `0 o& ^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。

( V6 t) P8 @( ?  L) s+ [  o( L     "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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3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
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     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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% a/ c9 }! `& N8 P- N+ Y4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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7 m( L" h% J; p( `8 T     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.