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中国哲学 Chinese Philosophy

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ID: 2852 Advanced
曾子说：“吾日三省吾身，為人謀而不忠乎？與朋友交而不信乎？傳不習乎？”如果你喜欢中国的成语或俗语，那你得知道，这些成语、俗语有许多来自孔子、孟子及庄子的话，换句话说，是从中国古代思想来的。这一课我们要带大家从儒家思想家的话里，更加认识中国人对个人生命价值的看法。 Photo by edenpictures, edwin11, and jou-issance
Fri Mar 04 2016 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
曰 yuē to say
自 zì from
亦 yì also
乎 hū emphatic particle (classical Chinese)
子曰“有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？”
zǐ yuē “yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái ，bù yì lè hū ？”
Confucius said, "Is it not a pleasure, when a friend comes to visit from afar?"
哈，怎么念起《论语》来了。
hā ，zěnme niàn qǐ 《Lúnyǔ 》lái le 。
Ha, why are you reciting from The Analects?
最近我才发现，困扰我许久的问题，都可以在古文中找到答案呢，让我豁然开朗。
zuìjìn wǒ cái fāxiàn ，kūnrǎo wǒ xǔjiǔ de wèntí ，dōu kěyǐ zài gǔwén zhōng zhǎodào dá àn ne ，ràng wǒ huòránkāilǎng 。
Recently I discovered that I can find answers to things that have been troubling me for a while in ancient texts, which makes everything suddenly become clear.
这倒是没错，古人的智慧真是不可小觑。
zhèdàoshì méicuò ，gǔrén de zhìhuì zhēn shì bùkěxiǎoqù 。
That's true enough, the wisdom of the ancients is nothing to be sneezed at.
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