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?"
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! K: l" A5 J/ t- {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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2 m, n. T& j. d6 \* H1 W2 q     "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."

! F8 g0 s! w1 ^2 V+ V3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。
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) x( h4 Z' e: D7 P# {1 Y( F     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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) G9 L+ W9 R+ L3 n" v7 S& g4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。

8 F, ~* g% i! H: T     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.