三字经的英文翻译

三字经的英文翻译

人之初

性本善

性相近

习相远

men

at

their

birth,

are

naturally

good.

their

natures

are

much

the

same;

their

habits

become

widely

different.

苟不教

性乃迁

教之道

贵以专

if

follishly

there

is

no

teaching,

the

nature

will

deteriorate.

the

right

way

in

teaching,

is

to

attach

the

utmost

importance

in

thoroughness.

昔孟母

择邻处

子不学

断机杼

of

old,

the

mother

of

mencius

chose

a

neighbourhood

and

when

her

child

would

not

learn,

she

broke

the

shuttle

from

the

loom.

窦燕山

有义方

教五子

名俱扬

tou

of

the

swallow

hills

had

the

right

method

he

taugh

five

son,

each

of

whom

raised

the

family

reputati

on.

养不教

父之过

教不严

师之惰

to

feed

without

teaching,

is

the

father's

fault.

to

teach

without

severity,

is

the

teacher's

laziness.

子不学

非所宜

幼不学

老何为

if

the

child

does

not

learn,

this

is

not

as

it

should

be.

if

he

does

not

learn

while

young,

what

will

he

be

when

old

?

玉不琢

不成器

人不学

不知义

if

jade

is

not

polished,

it

cannot

become

a

thing

of

use.

if

a

man

does

not

learn,

he

cannot

know

his

duty

towards

his

ne

ighbour.

为人子

方少时

亲师友

习礼仪

he

who

is

the

son

of

a

man,

when

he

is

young,

should

attach

himself

to

his

teachers

an

d

friends;

and

practise

ceremonial

usages.

香九龄

能温席

孝於亲

所当执

hsiang,

at

nine

years

of

age,

could

warm

his

parent's

bed.

filial

piety

towards

parents,

is

that

to

which

we

should

hold

fast.

融四岁

能让梨

弟於长

宜先知

jung,

at

four

years

of

age,

could

yield

the

(bigger)

pears.

to

hehave

as

a

younger

brother

towards

elders,

is

one

of

the

first

things

to

know.

首孝弟

次见闻

知某数

识某文

begin

with

filial

piety

and

fraternal

love,

and

then

see

and

hear

.

learn

to

count,

and

learn

to

read.

一而十

十而百

百而千

千而万

units

and

tens,

then

tens

and

hundreds,

hundreds

and

thousands,

thousands

and

then

tens

of

thousands.

三才者

天地人

三光者

日月星

the

three

forces,

are

heaven,

earth

and

man.

the

three

luminaries,

are

the

sun,the

moon

and

the

stars.

三纲者

君臣义

父子亲

夫妇顺

the

three

bonds,

are

the

obligation

between

soverign

and

subject,

the

love

between

father

and

child,

the

harmony

between

husband

and

wife.

曰春夏

曰秋冬

此四时

运不穷

we

speak

of

spring

and

summer,

we

speak

of

autumn

and

winter,

these

four

seasons,

revolve

without

ceasing.

曰南北

曰西东

此四方

应乎中

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