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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     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' T- V1 U! ]3 L  F. s; z3 R2、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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3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

( N3 j* V/ J. o9 w7 q$ _     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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2 e: T% x9 w3 M! j- W4 R4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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+ W( D6 p2 f! {$ X9 d/ D/ g% I     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.