Famous Words from"The Four Books" “四书”名句选飨

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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?"

! J) _1 z0 M" _7 d1 r# [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。
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7 k- o1 m, f. i7 `     "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."

  ?' K  r+ G1 d& N% W' d7 ?3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
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; L+ p" @) D( v5 `. v1 ^1 h9 G7 V/ e+ d     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 X/ Y% |! ]4 i5 J' O6 x1 F4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

     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.