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中国哲学 Chinese Philosophy

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
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
中国哲学 Chinese Philosophy
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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 子yuē 曰yǒu 有péng 朋zì 自yuǎnfāng 远方lái 来bù 不yì 亦lè 乐hū 乎
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 哈zěnme 怎么niàn 念qǐ 起Lúnyǔ 论语lái 来le 了
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 最近wǒ 我cái 才fāxiàn 发现kūnrǎo 困扰wǒ 我xǔjiǔ 许久de 的wèntí 问题dōu 都kěyǐ 可以zài 在gǔwén 古文zhōng 中zhǎodào 找到dá àn 答案ne 呢ràng 让wǒ 我huòránkāilǎng 豁然开朗
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 这倒是méicuò 没错gǔrén 古人de 的zhìhuì 智慧zhēn 真shì 是bùkěxiǎoqù 不可小觑
That's true enough, the wisdom of the ancients is nothing to be sneezed at.
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