儒易杯口译抢答题
孔子：
1、君子喻于义，小人喻于利。
What a gentleman sees is justice; what a flunky sees is interest.
2、君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。
A gentleman strides up and down; a flunky cringes to frown.
3、君子周而不比，小人比而不周。
Gentlemen team but do not scheme; flunkies scheme but do not team.
4、不在其位，不谋其政。
If not in the position, why do the job?
5、三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。
An army can be deprived of its commander, but a person can’t be deprived of his will.
6、知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。
The wise is not puzzled; the kind is not worried, and the brave is not daunted.
7、己所不欲，勿施于人。
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
8、死生有命，富贵在天。
Life or death is destined and that riches and ranks depend on Heaven.
9、君子成人之美，不成人之恶。小人反是。
A gentleman helps others to be accomplished, not helping them to commit sin. A flunky does the opposite.
10、名不正则言不顺，言不顺则事不成。
If a name is not proper, you can’t use it all right; if you can’t use it all right, you can’t accomplish anything;
11、父母在，不远游，游必有方。
If your parents are living, don’t travel afar; if you do, you must tell them your whereabouts.
A worthy is not alone; he has company to keep.
12、言必信，行必果。
He means what he says; he succeeds in his deeds.
13、君子和而不同，小人同而不和。
Gentlemen have peace but disagree; flunkies agree but have no peace.
14、工欲善其事，必先利其器。
If a workman wants his job perfectly done, his tool he must first hone.
15、人无远虑，必有近忧。
If one has no cares for future, he must have worries for now.
16、道不同，不相为谋。
Each aiming other, they don’t plan together.
17、仕而优则学，学而优则仕。
An official should be a learner, having done well; having done well, a learner should be an official.
18、知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。
Knowing it is not as good as loving it; loving it is not as good as enjoying it.
19、温故而知新，可以为师矣。
If through review one knows more, he can be a teacher.
20、吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑。
Such am I, determined to learn at fifteen, established at thirty, free from illusions at forty.
21、学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。”
Learning without thinking, one strays; thinking without learning, one fails
22、知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。
If you know, you know; if you don’t know, you don’t. It is knowing.
23、三人行，必有我师焉；择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。”
In a company of three, my teacher there must be. The worthy I choose and follow, and the unworthy I amend.
三字经
24、人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。
Man on earth, good at birth; the same nature varies on nurture.
25、人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。
Man is modeled on Earth, Earth on Heaven, Heaven on the Word, and the Word on Nature.
26、甘其食，美其服，安其居，乐其俗。
Let people go back to the days of being fed well, dressed well, settled well and happy with the way they are.
27、上善若水。水善利万物而不争。
The top goodness is like water, benefiting all, and contending with none.
28、天网恢恢，疏而不失。
The net of Heaven is so wide; it lays nothing aside.
29、信言不美，美言不信；善者不辩，辩者不善。
Faithful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not faithful. He who is good does not have a glib tongue; he who has a glib tongue is not good.
朱子家训：
30、宜未雨而绸缪，勿临渴而掘井。
Mend your house against a rain; dig a well before you thirst.
