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。

     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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; f& ~' i# S1 i2、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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! V$ O! R. B  u0 z  p% c8 }. ~  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."
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& J- e4 u$ r  P0 z6 \4 K7 w3、子曰，敏而好学，不耻下问。

1 a1 y) j; R, _4 m6 h! |. S     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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4、子曰：岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。
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' u5 i( z' z5 c. `1 F* B     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.