13、学不可以已。青取之于蓝,而青于蓝;冰,水为之,而寒于冰。君子博学而日参省乎己,
则知明而行无过矣。
There is never an end to learning. The dye extracted from the indigo is bluer
than the plant; so is the ice colder than the water. By broadly learning and c
onstantly examining himself every day, the gentleman sharpens his awareness an
d makes fewer mistakes.
14、学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。
Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning ends i
n danger.
15、学而不厌,诲人不倦。
Never be contented with your study; never be impatient with your teaching.
16、学如逆水行舟,不进则退。
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.
17、有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎。
It is such a delight to have friends coming from afar.
18、玉不琢,不成器。人不学,不知义。
As a jade without chiseling will not become a useful object, a man without lea
rning will not know the Way.
19、欲穷千里目,更上一层楼。
We widen our views three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs. /
Exhausting my eyes to a thousand li further, I am ascending one more story of
the tower.
20、在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿为连理枝。
In heaven let us be two birds flying ever together, and on earth two trees wit
h branches interlocked forever.
21、不登高山,不知天之厚也;不临深渊,不知地之厚也。
One can never be aware of the height of the sky or the depth of the earth, if
he does not climb up a high mountain or look down into a deep abyss.
22、大道之行也,天下为公。
A public spirit will rule all under the sky when the great Way prevails.
23、大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。
The endless river eastward flows; with its huge waves are gone all those galla
nt heroes of bygone years.
24、丹青不知老将近,富贵于我如浮云。
Absorbed in painting, you know not old age is coming; indeed, to me wealth and
rank are like clouds scudding.
25、曲则全,枉则直,洼则盈,敝则新,少则得,多则惑。
To be part is to be whole; to be bent is to be straight; to be hollow is to be
filled; to be worn out is to be renewed; to have little is to have more; to h
ave much is to be confused.
