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?"

( f8 M' l4 a5 x. g6 I" W, V2 R  Q2、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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0 c1 \$ |9 s/ P) t; J     "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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6 E, Z1 Y3 B2 L- W- p! H+ @5 e3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

. x( l- ?/ c0 Y" h( O' \# B     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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8 `" D- P  B* ~& `* v4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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$ [- @5 ~5 W" p4 f$ N$ C     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.