孔子語錄及英文翻譯

2024年1月4日發(作者：教學小故事)

孔子語錄及英文翻譯

性相近也，習相遠也。

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to

be wide apart.

過而不改，是謂過矣。

Not to mend the fault one has made is to err indeed.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

孔子語錄選

What you do not want done to yourlf, do not do to

others.

言必信，行必果。

Keep what you say and carry out what you do.

君子以文會友，以友輔仁。

The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his

friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue.

三軍可奪師也，匹夫不可奪志也。

The commander of the forces of a large State may be

carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be

taken from him.

后生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也?

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know

that his future will not be equal to our prent?

有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎?

Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant

quarters?

人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎?

Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no

discomposure though men may take no note of him?

父在，觀其志。父沒，觀其行。三年無改于父之道，可謂孝矣

孔子語錄

While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his

will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. If for

three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he

may be called filial.

不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will

be afflicted that I do not know men.

詩三百，一言以蔽之，曰：思無邪。

In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the

design of them all may be embraced in one ntence-- "Having

no depraved thoughts."

關睢樂而不淫，哀而不傷。

The Kwan Tsu is expressive of enjoyment without being

licentious, and of grief without being hurtfully excessive.

父母在，不遠游，游必有方。

While his parents are alive, the son may not go abroad to

a distance. If he does go abroad, he must have a fixed place

to which he goes.

德不孤，必有鄰。

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it

will have neighbors.

吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不逾矩。

At fifteen I t my heart upon learning. At thirty, I

planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer

suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the

biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear.

At venty, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for

what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

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!

Incomparable indeed was Hui! A handful of rice to eat, a

gourdful of water to drink, living in a mean street. Others

would have found it unendurable depressing, but to Hui's

cheerfulness it made no difference at all. Incomparable

indeed was Hui.