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。

     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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, S/ m4 V; V3 P. C  ]) _& H2、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。
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" G; i8 N- A0 Q% n& z, n3 |     "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."

3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

- S2 a4 s! f# w     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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' H7 M2 t" P' k4 ^; ~) I4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

9 i# F4 g. X( p6 o6 x     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.