1、三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。

Among any three people walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their

good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.

2、士不可以不弘毅，任重而道远。仁以为己任，不亦重乎？死而后己，不亦远乎？

An educated gentleman cannot but be resolute and broad-minded, for he has take

n up a heavy responsibility and a long course. Is it not a heavy responsibilit

y, which is to practice benevolence? Is it not a long course, which will end o

nly with his death?

3、士之为人，当理不避其难，临患忘利，遗生行义，视死如归。

A moral intellectual is one who escapes no danger in face of truth, discards p

ersonal interests in front of disaster, practices righteousness at the expense

of life, and looks upon death as going home.

4、逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。

The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and nigh

t.

5、顺天者存，逆天者亡。

Those who follow the Heaven's law will survive; those who go against it will

perish.

6、天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，

所以动心忍性，增益其所不能。

When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a great man, it always

first frustrates his spirit and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes

him to starvation and poverty, harasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to

stimulate his spirit, toughen his nature and enhance his abilities.

7、天生我才必有用。

Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use.

8、天时不如地利，地利不如人和。

Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are less important than terrestrial advanta

ges, which in turn are less important than the unity among people.

9、天行健，君子以自强不息。

As Heaven's movement is ever vigorous, so must a gentleman ceaselessly strive

along.

10、温故而知新，可以为师矣。

He who by reviewing the old can gain knowledge of the new and is fit to be a t

eacher.

11、物格而后知至，知至而后意诚，意诚而后心正，心正而后身修，身修而后家齐，家齐而后

治国，国治而后天下平。

Things investigated, genuine knowledge acquired; genuine knowledge acquired ,t

houghts purified; thoughts purified, hearts rectified; hearts rectified, perso

nalities cultivated; personalities cultivated, families regulated; families re

gulated, the states well governed; the states well governed, the whole world w

ill be in peace and tranquil.

12、相见时难别亦难。

It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart.

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.
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