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?"
$ D" c  a9 R  k# y8 J. W
% v; _$ I; t  p/ d# M4 ^/ x: Z2、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。

1 R: e) O# {% b; _* ^4 c     "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."
' w* u% \# d% q& `  C
3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
6 k: i# L7 `3 G, |# R% g& ?7 r' j
. N) U1 ~) f3 Y6 ^  n9 Y     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."

4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
" X* U4 f) h* h8 {% _
     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.