孔子語錄系列的中英文對照

孔子語錄系列的中英文對照一．為人處世superiormandoesnotpromoteamansimplyonaccountofhiswords，notdoesheputasidegoodwordsbecauseoftheman.工欲善其事,必先利其器。Acraftsmanwhowishestodohisworkwellmustfirstsharpenhistools.君子和而不同，小人同而不合.Thesuperiormanaimsatharmonybutnotatuniformity。Themeanmanaimsatuniformitybutnotatharmony。欲速則不達(dá)，見小利則大事不成。Ifyouhavethingsdonehastily，youwillnotreachthegoal.Ifyouonlyseesmallgains，youwillnotaccomplishgreattasks.其身正，不令而行;其身不正,雖令不從。Whenaruler’spersonalconductiscorrect，hewillbeobeyedwithouttheissuingoforders.Ifhispersonalconductisnotcorrect,hemayissueorders，buttheywillnotbefollowed.歲寒，然后知松柏之后凋也。Onlywhentheyearbecomescolddoweknowhowthepineandthecypressarethelasttofade。見義不為，無勇也.Toseewhatisrightandnottodoitiswantofcourage。見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內(nèi)自省也。Whenweseemenofworth,weshouldthinkofequallingthem;whenweseemenofacontraryweshouldturninwardsandexamineourselves.君子欲訥于言,而敏于行。Thesuperiormanwishestobeslowinhisspeechandearnestinhisconduct.1/8三軍可奪師也，匹夫不可奪志也.Thecommanderoftheforcesofalargestatemaybecarriedoff,butthewillofevenacommonmancannotbetakenfromhim。知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。Thewisearefreefromperplexities；thevirtuousfromanxiety；andtheboldfromfear。subdueone'sselfandreturntopropriety，isperfectvirtue。IfamancanforonedaysubduehimselfandreturntoallunderheavenwillascribeperfectvirtuetoIsthepracticeofperfectvirtuefromamanhimself，orisitfromothers?thesuperiormanneverfailreverentiallytoorderhisownconduct,andlethimberespectfultoothersandobservantofpropriety:--thenallwithinthewholecountrywillbehisbrothers。Whathasthesuperiormantodowithbeingdistressedbecausehehasnobrothers？superiormanseekstoperfecttheadmirablequalitiesofmen，anddoesnotseektoperfecttheirbadqualities.Themeanmandoestheoppositeofthis.何以報德？以直報怨，以德報德。Withwhatthenwillyourecompensekindness？Recompenseinjurywithjustice,andrecompensekindnesswithkindness.巧言亂德。小不忍，則亂大謀.Speciouswordsconfoundvirtue。Wantofforbearanceinsmallmattersconfoundsgreatplans。道不同，不相為謀.Thosewhosecoursesaredifferentcannotlayplansforoneanother.二．為政以德2/8君君，臣臣,父父,子子。Thereiswhentheprinceisandtheministeriswhenthefatherisandthesonisson.子為政，焉用殺；子欲善,而民善矣.君子之德風(fēng)，小人之德草，草上之風(fēng)必偃。Incarryingonyourgovernment,whyshouldyouusekillingataLetyourevinceddesiresbeforwhatisgood,andthepeoplewillbegood.TherelationbetweensuperiorsandislikethatbetweenthewindandtheThegrassmustbend,whenthewindblowsacrossit.舉直錯諸枉,能使枉者直。Employtheuprightandputasideallthecrooked;——inthiswaythecrookedcanbemadetobeupright.variousofficers，pardonsmallfaults,andraisetoofficemenofvirtueandtalents.。名不正,則言不順;言不順，則事不成；事不成,則禮樂不興；禮樂不興，則刑罰不中；刑罰不中,則民無所措手足。Ifnamesbenotcorrect,languageisnotinaccordancewiththetruthofthings。Iflanguagebenotinaccordancewiththetruthofthings,affairscannotbecarriedontosuccess.Whenaffairscannotbecarriedontosuccess,proprietiesandmusicwillnotflourish.Whenproprietiesandmusicdonotpunishmentswillnotbeproperlyawarded.Whenpunishmentsarenotproperlyawarded,thepeopledonotknowhowtomovehandorfoot。atrulyroyalrulerweretoarise，itwouldstillrequireageneration,andthenvirtuewouldprevail。行己有恥，使于四方，不辱君命，可謂士矣。Hewhoinhisconductofhimselfmaintainsasenseofshame，andwhensenttoanyquarterwillnotdisgracehisprince'scommission,deservestobecalledanofficer。以不教民戰(zhàn)，是謂棄之。Toleadanuninstructedpeopletowar，istothrowthemaway.3/8不在其位，不謀其政。Hewhoisnotinanyparticularoffice,hasnothingtodowithplansfortheadministrationofitsduties。上好禮，則民易使也。Whenrulerslovetoobservetherulesofthepeoplerespondreadilytothecallsonthemforservice.聞有國有家者，不患寡，而患不均，不患貧，而患不安。蓋均無貧，和無寡,安無傾。IhaveheardthatrulersofStatesandchiefsoffamiliesarenottroubledlesttheirpeopleshouldbefew，butaretroubledlesttheyshouldnotkeeptheirseveralthattheyarenottroubledwithfearsofpoverty，butaretroubledwithfearsofawantofcontentedreposeamongthepeopleintheirseveralplaces.Forwhenthepeoplekeeptheirseveralplaces,therewillbenopoverty;whenharmonyprevails,therewillbenoscarcityofpeople；andwhenthereissuchacontentedrepose,therewillbenorebelliousupsettings。、三．人生態(tài)度nature，menarenearlyalike；bypractice，theygettobewideapart。過而不改，是謂過矣.Nottomendthefaultonehasmadeistoerrindeed.己所不欲，勿施于人.Whatyoudonotwantdonetodonotdotoothers.言必信，行必果.Keepwhatyousayandcarryoutwhatyoudo.君子以文會友,以友輔仁.Thesuperiormanongroundsofculturemeetswithhisfriends，andbytheirfriendshiphelpshisvirtue。三軍可奪師也，匹夫不可奪志也.ThecommanderoftheforcesofalargeStatemaybecarriedbutthewillofevenacommonmancannotbetakenfromhim.后生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也？Ayouthistoberegardedwithrespect。Howdoyouknowthathisfuturewillnotbeequaltoourpresent？4/8有朋自遠(yuǎn)方來，不亦樂乎？Isitnotdelightfultohavefriendscomingfromdistantquarters？人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎?Ishenotamanofcompletevirtue,whofeelsnodiscomposurethoughmenmaytakenonoteofhim？父在,觀其志。父沒，觀其行。三年無改于父之道，可謂孝矣。Whileaman’sfatherisalive,lookatthebentofhiswhenhisfatherisdead,lookathisconduct.Ifforthreeyearshedoesnotalterfromthewayofhisfather,hemaybecalledfilial.不患人之不己知，患不知人也。Iwillnotbeafflictedatmen’snotknowingme；IwillbeafflictedthatIdonotknowmen.詩三百，一言以蔽之,曰：思無邪。IntheBookofPoetryarethreehundredpieces,butthedesignofthemallmaybeembracedinonesentence-—"Havingnodepravedthoughts.”關(guān)睢樂而不淫，哀而不傷。TheKwanTsuisexpressiveofenjoymentwithoutbeinglicentious，andofgriefwithoutbeinghurtfullyexcessive。父母在,不遠(yuǎn)游，游必有方。Whilehisparentsarealive,thesonmaynotgoabroadtoadistance.Ifhedoesgohemusthaveafixedplacetowhichhegoes.德不孤,必有鄰。Virtueisnotlefttostandalone.Hewhopractisesitwillhaveneighbors。從心所欲,不逾矩。AtfifteenIsetmyheartuponAtIplantedmyfeetfirmupontheground。Atforty，InolongersufferedfromAtIknewwhatwerethebiddingsofHeaven.Atsixty,Iheardthemwithdocileear。Atseventy，Icouldfollowthedictatesofmyownheart;forwhatIdesirednolongeroversteppedtheboundariesofright。5/8賢哉回也!一簞食，一瓢飲，在陋巷，人不堪其憂,回也不改其樂。賢哉回也!IncomparableindeedwasHui!Ahandfulofricetoeat,agourdfulofwatertodrink，livinginameanstreet。Otherswouldhavefounditunendurablydepressing,buttoHui’scheerfulnessitmadenodifferenceatall。IncomparableindeedwasHui.wisefindpleasureinwater;thevirtuousfindpleasureinhills。Thewiseareactive;thevirtuousaretranquil.Thewisearejoyful；thevirtuousarelong—lived。逝者如斯夫，不舍晝夜.Itpassesonjustlikethis，notceasingdayornight！食不厭精，膾不厭細(xì)。Hedidnotdisliketohavehisricefinelynortohavehismincedmeatcutquitesmall.非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言,非禮勿動.Looknotatwhatiscontrarytopropriety；listennottowhatiscontrarytopropriety;speaknotwhatiscontrarytopropriety;makenomovementwhichiscontrarytopropriety.人無遠(yuǎn)慮，必有近憂。Ifamantakenothoughtaboutwhatishewillfindsorrownearathand.其老也,血?dú)饧人?，戒之在得。Therearethreethingswhichthesuperiormanguardsagainst.Inyouth,whenthephysicalpowers,arenotyetsettled,heguardsagainstWhenheisstrongandthephysicalpowersarefullofvigor,heguardsagainstquarrelsomeness.Whenheisold,andtheanimalpowersaredecayed，heguardsagainstcovetousness。唯女子與小人，為難養(yǎng)也。近之則不孫,遠(yuǎn)之則怨。Ofallpeople，girlsandservantsarethemostdifficulttobehaveIfyouarefamiliarwiththem,theylosetheirhumility.Ifyoumaintainareservetowardsthem,theyarediscontented.四．求知求學(xué)6/8有教無類。Inteachingthereshouldbenodistinctionofclasses.itcomestobenevolence，oneneednotgiveprecedenceeventohisteacher。學(xué)而時習(xí)之，不亦說乎？Isitnotpleasanttolearnwithaconstantperseveranceandapplication?溫故而知新，可以為師矣.Ifamankeepscherishinghisoldknowledge，soascontinuallytobeacquiringnew，hemaybeateacherofothers.學(xué)而不思則罔,思而不學(xué)則殆.Learningwithoutthoughtislabourlost;thoughtwithoutlearningisperilous。敏而好學(xué),不恥下問。Hew